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Take a rain check

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• Take a run at someone

  take a run at someone

• Take as gospel

  Also, take for gospel . Believe absolutely, regard as true, as in We took every word of his as gospel, but in fact he was often mistaken . This idiom, first recorded in 1496, uses gospel in the sense of the absolute truth. Also see gospel truth

• Take a shellacking

  Be soundly beaten or defeated, as in Our team took quite a shellacking last night. Why being coated with shellac should suggest defeat is not clear. [ ; c. 1930 ]

• Take a shit

  take a run at someone

• Take a spill

  see: take a fall

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