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take to the streets

take to the streets verb: to gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.

Verb

take to the streets (third-person singular simple present takes to the streets, present participle taking to the streets, simple past took to the streets, past participle taken to the streets)

  1. (intransitive) To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
    • But for the first time, the lese-majesty law was discussed substantially […] It follows an unprecedented youth movement that took to the streets in 2020 to challenge that law and to call for the royal budget to be reduced and its political influence curbed.2023 May 15, Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Thai election may be turning point as taboo over monarchy fades”, in The Guardian
  2. (intransitive) To rampage or riot.

Forms of take to the streets

third-person singular presenttakes to the streets
present participletaking to the streets
pasttook to the streets
past participletaken to the streets

Questions about take to the streets

What does take to the streets mean?
Take to the streets means to gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
What part of speech is take to the streets?
Take to the streets is a verb.
What is the past tense of take to the streets?
The past tense of take to the streets is took to the streets.

Words near take to the streets in the dictionary

  1. take to the next level
  2. take to the road
  3. take to the sea
  4. take to the skies
  5. take to the sky
  6. take to the streets
  7. take to wife
  8. take too far
  9. take turns
  10. take umbrage
  11. take under

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