take stage

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Definition

1. Verb:
   • To attract attention onto oneself: To move into a central position where one becomes the focus of an audience or group's observation, often deliberately. This can occur in both literal performance contexts and figurative social situations.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • As the lead singer finished her solo, the guitarist stepped forward to take stage for his instrumental break.
  • During the meeting, she wasn't afraid to take stage and present her controversial ideas to the entire board.
  • The comedian knew how to take stage the moment he walked into the spotlight, commanding the room's laughter.

Advanced Usage

• "to take the stage": This is a common variant with the definite article "the." It is often used more literally to mean to walk onto a performance area.
  • After a brief introduction, the keynote speaker took the stage amidst applause.
• The phrase can describe assuming a leadership or dominant role in a non-performance setting.
  • In every crisis, someone must take stage and guide the team's response.

Variants and Related Words

• Take the floor: To rise to speak formally to an assembled group.
  • The delegate took the floor to argue the proposal.
• Take center stage: To become the most important or prominent person or thing in a situation.
  • The issue of climate change has taken center stage in the political debate.

Synonyms

• Command attention: To draw and hold focus.
• Hold the spotlight: To be the central object of interest.
• Steal the show: To attract the most attention and praise, often away from others.

Related Idioms

• To be in the limelight: To be at the center of public attention.
  • After winning the award, the young actor was in the limelight for months.
• To grab the microphone: Figuratively, to seize an opportunity to speak and be heard by a group.
  • He always finds a way to grab the microphone at company events.

Học thuật

Verb

1. attract attention onto oneself

Từ đồng nghĩa

• take the stage