Definition of Take stage

1. Verb. Attract attention onto oneself.

Exact synonyms: Take The Stage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Stage

take revenge
take root
take shape
take sick
take sides
take sign
take silk
take sitting down
take somebody's word for it
take someone's head off
take someone's point
take something as read
take something in one's stride
take something in stride
take something to the grave
take stage (current term)
take steps
take stock
take ten
take that
take the Fifth
take the Fifth Amendment
take the Michael
take the air
take the biscuit
take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the con
take the count

Literary usage of Take stage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. ... A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners, and Investigators, and All by Alexander Heatherington (1868)
"Take Windsor train ; debark at Uniacke ; there take stage. ... take stage to station; cross the line; take another stage there for Oldham, or walk, ..."

2. Appletons' Illustrated Hand-book of American Travel: A Full and Reliable by Thomas Addison Richards (1861)
"At Sloatsburg passengers for the summer resort of Greenwood Lake, 12 miles off, take stage tri-weekly. See Greenwood Lake. From Monroe onward through Oxford ..."

3. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"Going west from Des Moines, stop at Stuart, and take stage line to Fon- ... take stage from there to Fontanelle, twenty-four miles. ..."

4. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1877)
"Going west from Des Moines, stop at Stuart and take stage line to Fonta- nelle, twelve miles out ... take stage from there to Fontanelle, twenty-four miles. ..."

5. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1878)
"Going west from Des Moines, stop at Stuart and take stage line to bonta- nelle, ... Twelve miles west from Stuart is Casey. take stage from there to ..."

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