take shorts

To take shorts is to take shortcuts...to try and make it in an industry by appealing to authority figures without first receiving respect among your peers.

We gotta walk not crawl or else take a fall /
What used to be just hopes and thoughts /
are now in effect, and we can't take shorts. (Big Daddy Kane, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now")

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Take short

To last for a small duration of time. Antonym of "take long". Logically, if something can "take long", it should also be able to "take short". "For short", "be short", and "last short" are similar.

This homework should take short.
I will only be here for short.
George said he'd be short, but he still isn't here.
Liz Truss's premiership lasted short.