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take a five

take a five is the alternative form of take five.

Meaning of take five

Verb

take five (third-person singular simple present takes five, present participle taking five, simple past took five, past participle taken five)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) To take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity.
    • Hey, stop fighting! Take five, people!

Forms of take a five

third-person singular presenttakes a five
present participletaking a five
pasttook a five
past participletaken a five

Questions about take a five

What is take a five the alternative form of?
Take a five is the alternative form of take five.

Words near take a five in the dictionary

  1. take a dookie
  2. take a dump
  3. take a fall
  4. take a fall out of
  5. take a fancy to
  6. take a five
  7. take a flier
  8. take a flutter
  9. take a flyer
  10. take a flying fuck
  11. take a flying fuck at a rolling donut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take a five (page history and authors); take five (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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