Take beef, to run away.
Take in, a cheating or swindling transaction,—sometimes termed “a dead TAKE IN.” Shakspeare has TAKE IN in the sense of conquering. To be “had,” or to be “spoken to,” were formerly synonymous phrases with to be TAKEN IN.
Take it out, to obtain value for money, labour, &c. A rich man is said to “TAKE IT (i.e., his money) OUT in fine footmen, fine feeding,” &c. A poor man “TAKES IT (i.e., his trouble) OUT in drink.”
Talking, a stable term, of a milder kind, applied to those horses which are addicted to [ROARING]. See the latter expression.
Talk shop, to intrude oneself or one’s private business too freely into conversation. Any one who does this is said to be shoppy.
Tall, extensive, exaggerated,—generally applied to conversation, as “loud” is to dress, or personal appearance; “TALL talk that,” i.e., conversation too boastful or high-flown to be true. Among pedestrians a great rate of speed is spoken of as TALL.
Tally, five dozen bunches of turnips.—Costermongers’ term.
Tally, “to live TALLY,” to live in a state of unmarried impropriety; TALLY-WIFE, a woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married.
Tallyman, an accommodating salesman who takes payment by instalments to suit the convenience of the purchaser, but who is anything but accommodating when payments are irregular. Tallymen are the cause of much misfortune to the working classes, from their high and exorbitant rates, and the temptations they offer to weak-minded women, who purchase in haste and repent at leisure.
Tan, to beat or thrash; “I’ll TAN your hide,” i.e., I’ll give you a good beating.