Takin' tackie

v.

Heard in Limerick

To take to one's heels and run away quickly from someone or something.

In use

There's the shades, mon we take tackie

Posh English

There are the constabulary. Come on, we must depart with haste.

  • Run-away knockA street game, where you knock at a door or ring a door bell and run away and hide…
  • Takin da bangTaking or more usually refusing to take the blame for something or for someone else.
  • Takin the biscuitTo take matters too far or push one's luck beyond acceptable bounds.
  • Atin tackieMoving at a tremendous, reckless speed.
  • Ya may run!A warning to run away quickly before one is struck or punished.
  • Are u takin da mickeyAn incredulous exclamation used when someone is winding you up or pulling your leg.