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(1) - { take turns } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Idiomatic phrase] | "take turns"
1: to do something one after another in regular succession in order to share the responsibility or opportunity of doing it : alternate
Origin: 1613 ;
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(3) - { take } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "take"
1: to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms;
* e.g., " ... take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd "
2: to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly;
* e.g., " ... will you take that call? "
3: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);
* e.g., " ... if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend "
Synonyms :
get,
(6) - Urban Dictionary
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# 1 - { take turns:10389841 }
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[ "take turns" ]
1: (of two or more people) do something alternately or in succession.
* e.g., ... We take turns on the night shift
# 2 - { Taking a turn for the Melrose:5042162 }
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[ "Taking a turn for the Melrose" ]
1: A phrase which means "Things are so dramatic, it's starting to resemble Melrose Place."
References the 1990's drama filled soap opera, Melrose Place.
* e.g., ... Person 1: Can you believe that he likes Lucas, who likes Desiree, who likes Jamie who likes Lucas?
Person 2: Yeah man. This shit is taking a turn for the Melrose.
# 3 - { Take a turn about the room:1562558 }
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[ "Take a turn about the room" ]
1: An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austin novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.
* e.g., ... Chick: Dude, this party is great and all, but I've been sitting on this couch so long that my leg is falling asleep.
# 4 - { Take a turn about the room:1563572 }
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[ "Take a turn about the room" ]
1: An amusing term which appears so ubiquitously in various film adaptations of Jane Austen novels that it really should enter the public lexicon as a bit of tounge-in-cheek banter mocking the stilted, formal manner of speech common during the Regency period.
* e.g., ... Chick: Dude, my legs are really shaky after winning that drinking game.
# 5 - { Taking an SC turn:6991021 }
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[ "Taking an SC turn" ]
1: When a conversation takes a nasty or dark turn.
* e.g., ... "I like babies, they're cute."
# 6 - { Taking an SC turn:6991028 }
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[ "Taking an SC turn" ]
1: Using dark, sharp, or otherwise unpleasant statements or retorts in the course of a conversation.
* e.g., ... Dan: "Oh I hate Jane."
[ "Taking an SC turn" ]
2: Named after a person who commonly does the aforementioned.
* e.g., ... Tony: "Why man? She seems fine to me."
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