"take a long walk off a short pier" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes a long walk off a short pier [present, singular, third-person], taking a long walk off a short pier [participle, present], took a long walk off a short pier [past], taken a long walk off a short pier [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a long walk off a short pier}} take a long walk off a short pier (third-person singular simple present takes a long walk off a short pier, present participle taking a long walk off a short pier, simple past took a long walk off a short pier, past participle taken a long walk off a short pier)
  1. Alternative form of take a long walk on a short pier Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: take a long walk on a short pier
    Sense id: en-take_a_long_walk_off_a_short_pier-en-verb-cBofwcRJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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