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The context is “We will always do a TAKE 5 prior to undertaking work”. I have no idea what a “take 5” is. I searched “take 5” on Google but I didn’t find an applicable explanation.
Here is the context of the line:
- We will never compromise safety
- We will always wear PPE
- We will always do a TAKE 5 prior to undertaking work
- We will be drug and alcohol free
- We will report all incidents and near hits
Representative, in the U.S. political sense: that is, someone elected to the House of Representatives. Specifically, this guy. Not this more famous guy:
Edit: As Justin points out in comments, that’s what Rep. means in this particular example, but in other contexts it can mean many other things too.
The opposite of "taking at face value" is to look for a hidden meaning or ulterior motives. Are they lying? Is this a trick? "Face value" means that there is nothing more than meets the eye and digging deeper isn't likely to reveal anything interesting.
Best Answer
I Googled the phrase "do a TAKE 5" and the first result I got was with respect to safety training.
It pertains to making a risk assessment of the area:
So "doing a take 5 prior to undertaking work" would mean doing a risk assessment before undertaking work.
This makes more sense than taking a five minute break, which would be expressed as "We always take five before starting work.", and never "do a take five" which sounds very unidiomatic with respect to break taking.