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Definition of Take the stage
1. Verb. Attract attention onto oneself.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take The Stage
Literary usage of Take the stage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Microscopy: A Handbook for Beginners and Students by M. I. Cross, Martin J. Cole (1922)
"take the stage (angular) reading. Rotate the stage until the second side is brought
... take the stage reading again. The difference is the desired angle. ..."
2. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1918)
"Miserable state of indecision about 5 miles from Salisbury— the roads excessively
bad—concluded first to take the stage— then to let George ..."
3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond, William Abbatt (1888)
"Let us take a journey through the valley of the Mohawk and westward with a party
leaving Albany on August 30, 1828. We shall take the stage to Schenectady, ..."
4. The Century by Bim Sherman (1885)
"After they have shown themselves, a fish, shrimp, oyster, and turtle take the stage.
These are presents from the four Kings of Ocean— Fast, West, North, ..."
5. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"... across the bay, where I was to take the stage-coach for Pensacola. At Blakely
my serious troubles began. The stage agent swore that under no ..."
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