take the pipe

take the pipe
1. AND take the gas pipe v. to commit suicide. (Originally by inhaling gas.)
The kid was dropping everything in sight and finally took the pipe.
Some poor old guy took the gas pipe and nearly blew the place up.
2. tv. to fail to perform under pressure; to cave in. (From sense 1.)
He tends to take the pipe when the going gets rough.
Don’t take the pipe, man. Stick in there!

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