I was in court all day, waiting to take the stand.
•The lawyer asked the witness to take the stand.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
take the stand — {v. phr.} To assume one s position in the witness box during a trial. * /The judge asked the defendant to take the stand./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take the stand — index testify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
take the stand — verb give testimony in a court of law (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑testify, ↑attest, ↑bear witness • Derivationally related forms: ↑attestation (for: ↑attest), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
take\ the\ stand — v. phr. To assume one s position in the witness box during a trial. The judge asked the defendant to take the stand … Словарь американских идиом
take the stand — sit in the witness chair in a courtroom You witnessed the crime, so you will have to take the stand … English idioms
take the stand — verb To testify as a witness in a trial. The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense … Wiktionary
take the stand — to go into the stand and start to give evidence … English dictionary
take the stand — appear on the witness stand in court in order to testify … English contemporary dictionary
take a stand — If you take a stand, you adopt a firm position on an issue and publicly declare whether or not you support it. The politician was asked to take a stand on the government s proposed measures to curb illegal immigration … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take a stand — say what you believe, state your position, take sides The teacher doesn t want to take a stand on the Young Offender Act until we ve written our essays … English idioms
