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Definition of take the grenade
take the grenade
verb
- to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team".
- See more words with the same meaning: to help.
Last edited on Oct 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to help': | |
| Definitions include: to help a person in a small way. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute to a group cause. | |
| Definitions include: to do a solid (a favor). | |
| Definitions include: to applaud. | |
| Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs. | |
| Definitions include: to work to help a person, cause, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to look out for one's interests or well-being. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
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Other terms relating to 'grenade': | |
| Definitions include: To injure one's self, in a severe or dramatic fashion. | |
| Definitions include: This is when a fat or unattractive looking women believes she is hot and can have any man she desires. | |
| Definitions include: a horn or whistle blown to warn a friend that they are being physically intimate with a grenade. | |
| Definitions include: to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team". | |
| Definitions include: to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team". | |
Other terms relating to 'take': | |
| Definitions include: "Chill, don't worry about it." | |
| Definitions include: a second look. | |
| Definitions include: compromise. | |
| Definitions include: "Both people involved in a bad situation are to be blamed." | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely, or defeat severely. | |
| Definitions include: taking bribes. | |
| Definitions include: the result of someone taking the piss. | |
| Definitions include: to rob or extort. | |
| Definitions include: to have to go take a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to mistreat. | |
| Definitions include: to get something to eat. | |
| Definitions include: to take a look. | |
| Definitions include: taking a chance on something. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: he needs to relax. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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