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What does take five mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word take five? Here's what it means.

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  1. (idiomatic) to take a short, typically five-minute, break from some activity
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In the first one, we would select abalone that had a faster growth rate and so this wouldn't take five years for the abalone to become mature.
Implacable, impenetrable, it may take five viewings to understand this movie, but it's time well spent.
His beatification, the first step to sainthood, is expected to take five years, far shorter than normal.
It used to take five years of pensionable service before employees enjoyed this flexibility.
For instance, Quebec provides employees with the right to take five days off at the time of the birth or adoption of a child.
Which, give or take five minutes or so, is when we got there.

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