take a shit
verb1
Colloquial, Idiomatic, Vulgar To defecate.
- Is Rachel still taking a shit? We gotta go now.
2
UK, Colloquial, Idiomatic, Vulgar 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.