take the stand

take the stand

to go to and sit in the witness chair in a courtroom. I was in court all day, waiting to take the stand. The lawyer asked the witness to take the stand.

See also: stand, take

Common Names:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
Gaizka		-	Basque
Behrooz		-	Persian
Metushelach		-	Biblical Hebrew
Kristjana		-	Icelandic
Ziva		-	Hebrew
Qiang		-	Chinese

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