| 单词 | take the field |
| 释义 | take the fieldSEE SYNONYMS FOR take the field ON THESAURUS.COM Enter a competition, as in The country's best spellers took the field in the national spelling bee. This term originated around 1600 when it meant “to open a military campaign.” The field here is the field of battle. The term has been used figuratively almost as long, the first recorded use being in 1614. Words nearby take the fieldtake the bread out of someone's mouth, take the bull by the horns, take the cake, take the edge off, take the fall, take the field, take the Fifth, take the floor, take the heat, take the initiative, take the law into one's hands The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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