take a rain check (English, verb)
expansion: take a rain check (third-person singular simple present takes a rain check, present participle taking a rain check, simple past took a rain check, past participle taken a rain check)
Senses:
glosses: To request or accept a rain check (an agreement from a merchant to honor a special offer, temporarily unavailable, after the expiration date).
glosses: In social interactions, to request a deferred invitation, as a polite way to turn down an engagement, usually with the implication that one is simply postponing it and another time might be acceptable.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: takes a rain check
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking a rain check
tags: participle
present
form: took a rain check
tags: past
form: taken a rain check
tags: participle
past
form: take a raincheck
tags: alternative