take it on the arches
English
editEtymology
editA reference to fallen arches that result from too much walking.
Verb
edittake it on the arches (third-person singular simple present takes it on the arches, present participle taking it on the arches, simple past took it on the arches, past participle taken it on the arches)
- To depart, especially on foot.
- 2007 October 23, Michael Daly, “Drugs sold in Bronx church during mass”, in New York Daily News:
- The block did not have anything so old-fashioned as a regular foot cop to tell these mutts to take it on the arches.
- 2014, Keith G. Laufenberg, South of South Beach, →ISBN, page 93:
- The Wolfman took it on the arches and quickly ducked around the corner and the boy hobbled up to Greb.
- 2016 September, Tony Pacitti, “The Last Good Heist is a PVD Crime Epic”, in Providence Monthly:
- But if a scary looking dude with no neck approaches you while you're reading it in public, we suggest you take it on the arches, pronto.