take a shit

verb

1. To defecate.

   “Is Rachel still taking a shit? We gotta go now.”

2. 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.”