take the offensive

English

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take the offensive (third-person singular simple present takes the offensive, present participle taking the offensive, simple past took the offensive, past participle taken the offensive)Category:English lemmas#TAKETHEOFFENSIVECategory:English verbs#TAKETHEOFFENSIVECategory:English multiword terms#TAKETHEOFFENSIVECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TAKETHEOFFENSIVECategory:Pages with entries#TAKE%20THE%20OFFENSIVECategory:Pages with 1 entry#TAKE%20THE%20OFFENSIVE

  1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#TAKETHEOFFENSIVE) To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.

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