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take the spear (in one’s chest)take pictures tv. for a highway patrol officer to useradar. (Citizens band radio.) There’s a smokey underthe bridge taking pictures.take so out 1. tv. to block someone, as in a football game. I was supposed to take the left end out, but I was trappedunder the center. 2. tv. to kill someone. (Underworld.) The boss told Rocko to take out Marlowe. 3. tv. to datesomeone. She wanted to take him out for an evening.take sth public 1. tv. to make something known to thepublic. You gotta take it public—put it on the street—even when it’s none of your business. Don’t take it public.You’ll just get talked about. 2. tv. to sell shares in acompany to the general public. (Securities markets.) We’re going to take it public whenever the market looksgood.take the fifth 1. and five it tv. to refuse to testify to aU.S. legislative committee under the protection of theFifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Thelawyer just sat there and said, “Five it” after every question.2. tv. to decline to answer any questions. I’ll takethe fifth on that one. Ask Fred.take the piss out of so tv. to humble someone; to makesomeone—usually a male—less cocky, perhaps by violence.(Usually objectionable.) You need somebody totake the piss outa you!take the spear (in one’s chest) tv. to accept full blamefor something; to accept the full brunt of the punishmentfor something. The admiral got the short strawand had to take the spear in his chest.211