It means to "take a look at."
Not "to take a guess at."
Take a gander at that link I sent you when you get a chance. I think it'll really knock your heckin' socks off tbh.
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take a shit a less vulgar way to tell someone to fuck off when telling someone to fuck off is inappropriate or unwanted
my neighbors dog shit in my yard and my neighbor refused to clean it up i told him to go take a shit
my girlfriend cheated on me i told her to take a shit
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Makes fun of
Sarah always takes the piss because she reckons I have an accent but she doesn't.
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To develop an illness or sustain an inury, possibly self inflicted, which will preclude you from work, but you can still enjoy a rich and varied social life.
Orginates from the 1914-18 War, when reluctant English soldiers would shoot themselves in the foot, to get returned to Blighty, or Great Britan, and invalided out of the Army.
Hangovers can count if passed of as food poisoning
-I intend to get so drunk tonight I will phone in sick tomorrow
-Oh really, are you about to Take a Blighty?
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Cincinnati slang for taking an obscene amount of time to complete a task.
Got damn NaShawn taking the 40 to roll up that loud, on baby!
The act of a male sitting down while peeing
"Im feeling real feminine right now i just took a crosby"
Look at jim over there, he must be on his period
yea hes taking a crosby
When someone uses means of climbing their way to the top that other would deem cheap or unfair. Usually (but not always) refers to online games with a ladder ranking system. People who "take the elevator instead of the ladder" will use powerful characters, weapons, or tactics that they know all too well are soon to receive the ban hammer or their bullshitly high power to skill ratio in order to get as high up on the ranking ladder for the game as they can, usually for fame, respect, and power in the community.
David took the elevator instead of the corporate ladder to become VP of his company by brown nosing the boss.
Many of the newer or less experienced players on Pokemon Showdown were taking the elevator instead of the ladder by abusing the fuck out of Mega Gengar before its imminent ban from OU. The ladder gets reset after each ban anyways, so the joke is on them.