English Idioms - letter T

Idiom	Definition	Usage
tail between one's legs	feeling ashamed and beaten	Because of the scandal, he quit the company with his tail between his legs.
take a back seat	accept a lower position	I had to take a back seat for the benefit of the company.
take a crack at	attempt	She decided to take a crack at the entrance exam.
take a dim view of	disapprove of	Our company will always take a dim view of dishonest people.
take a hike	leave	I am tired of all your complaining. You should take a hike.
take a leak	urinate	He stopped at the side of the road to take a leak.
take a nosedive	decrease in value	The stock price is expected to take a nosedive soon after it is sold to the public.
take a powder	leave quickly	She decided to take a powder after the meeting.
take a shine to	like	He began to take a shine to the cute girl in the class.
take a stand on	be decisive on	The President decided to take a stand on the tax issue.
take a trip	go	We plan to take a trip to Japan in July.
take advantage of	benefit from	Take advantage of the beautiful weather and go to the beach.
take after	resemble	He tries to take after his brother and wears the same type of clothes.
take back	revoke	He had to take back what he said about his boss.
take care of	give attention to	You should take care of your health.
take care of	deal with	She had to take care of the paperwork.
take down	write	Please take down many notes during the lecture.
take down	dismantle	We had to take down our tent because of the rain.
take in a show	watch a movie	Maybe I'm gonna take in a show tonight.
take on	hire	The company is expected to take on more employees next year.
take over	take control of	The larger bank is expected to take over the smaller bank.
take roll	check attendance	I'm going to take roll now.
take stock	count the items of merchandise or supplies in stock	The store usually has to take stock every three months.
take the company public	sell shares of the company to the general public	The owner needed more money and decided to take the company public.
taken for	cheated out of	He was taken for all his money at the casino.
taking care of business	doing what I have to do	I have been taking care of business.
team player	someone who works well with others	He is really a team player.
the inside track	the advantage over others	He knows the manager so he has the inside track for getting the new job.
throw cold water on	forbid	The manager decided to throw cold water on the plans to leave early for the weekend.
throw more money at	try to solve the problem by spending more money on	The product may do better in the market if we throw more money at it.
tight spot	difficult situation	The new product is not selling as well as expected and has put the company in a tight spot.
to move on	to seduce	I am going to try to move on Joan next Saturday.
took a bath	experienced great losses	She took a bath on the stock market last year.
took a beating	lost money	His brother really took a beating on the stock market recently.
tool around	drive around	I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
turn off	repulsive thing	The awful language that he uses is a turn off.
turn over	rate of sale	The new product turn over has been incredible.