TAKE THE STAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take the stand mean? 

• TAKE THE STAND (verb)
  The verb TAKE THE STAND has 1 sense:

1. give testimony in a court of law

  Familiarity information: TAKE THE STAND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE THE STAND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give testimony in a court of law

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

attest; bear witness; take the stand; testify

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