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take L's

take L's is the alternative form of take the L.

Meaning of take the L

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To take the loss: to lose a game or competition and to accept that fact; to make a mistake or to otherwise be beset with unfortunate circumstances and recognize the outcome.
    • Dom (David Jonsson): Please tell me you dumped his arse right there and then. […]
      Yas (Vivian Oparah): Nope. I took a big L and got this prick some fucking hummus.2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, L.
    • We took the L (elevated train) to get downtown last night.

Forms of take L's

third-person singular presenttakes L's
present participletaking L's
pasttook L's
past participletaken L's

Questions about take L's

What is take L's the alternative form of?
Take L's is the alternative form of take the L.

Words near take L's in the dictionary

  1. take it, or leave it
  2. take its course
  3. take its rise
  4. take its toll
  5. take kindly
  6. take L's
  7. take law into one's own hands
  8. take leave
  9. take leave of one's senses
  10. take liberties
  11. take lightly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take L's (page history and authors); take the L (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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