take_the_field has definitions from the field of american football
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[ verb ] go on a campaign; go off to war

Synonyms

campaign

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

I insisted on takeing_the_field and prevailed - thinking that I had_better die by rebel bullets than [ by ] Union quackery '' .

Related terms

crusade campaign war

2
[ verb ] (american football) go on the playing field, of a football team

Related terms

go_in enter

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