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EyeSeeYou Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of "Take to" in this context
Does it mean exactly to occupy?
The uses ot TAKE TO I've been familar with are to like someone/ something; take to my bed, and start doing something regularly.
"Before the protestors took to the streets, there had not been any awareness of..."
The article refers to the Occupy Wall Street movement, I believe.
The uses ot TAKE TO I've been familar with are to like someone/ something; take to my bed, and start doing something regularly.
"Before the protestors took to the streets, there had not been any awareness of..."
The article refers to the Occupy Wall Street movement, I believe.
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Hi, I would say 'occupy as a better means of achieving, or drawing attention to, some goal' . eg The government did not listen to their demands, so they took to the streets. Clive
- Hi, I would say 'occupy as a better means of achieving, or drawing attention to, some goal' .
- eg The government did not listen to their demands, so they took to the streets.
- Clive
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Hi,
I would say 'occupy as a better means of achieving, or drawing attention to, some goal'.
eg The government did not listen to their demands, so they took to the streets.
Clive
I would say 'occupy as a better means of achieving, or drawing attention to, some goal'.
eg The government did not listen to their demands, so they took to the streets.
Clive
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"Take to the streets" is an idiom in this case, it means to gather together in the public streets of a town or a city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
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