take a shit

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

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate.
    Is she still taking a shit? We gotta go now.
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, UK) To fail or malfunction.
    I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ a,‎ shit.
    Take a shit and a pair of tweezers from the front desk and sit back down at your dissection microscopes.

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