What does take a rain check mean?
Idiom Meaning:
reschedule to meet at another time
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Time of Scene:
Clark: Eddie?
Eddie: Yeah, if you don’t remember, this here is Rocky.
Art: Have you got a kiss for me?
Eddie: You’d better take a rain check on that, Art. He’s got a lip fungus that they ain’t identified yet.
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Bloodlust (2006)
Time of Scene:
Dean Winchester: Sam, clock me one. Come on. Come on. I won’t even hit you back. Let’s go.
Sam Winchester: No!
Dean Winchester: Let’s go. You get a freebie. Hit me. Come on.
Sam Winchester: You look like you just went 12 rounds with a block of cement, Dean. I’ll take a rain check.
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Time of Scene:
Col. Thomas O’Bannion: Will you take a rain check?
Dr. Iris ‘Irish’ Ryan: If it won’t bounce.
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