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TAKE THE STAND

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give testimony in a court of law

Synonyms:

attest; bear witness; take the stand; testify

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take the stand" is one way to...):

declare (state emphatically and authoritatively)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take the stand"):

vouch (give personal assurance; guarantee)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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