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Meanings of take the field in English

Go on a campaign; go off to war.

Usage of take the field in English
1
We shall desire you to take the field; probably in the West.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
2
The greatest single army to take the field is undoubtedly the king's.
The red queen
3
Rutherford and his North Carolinians were the first to take the field.
The Winning of the West, Volume 1 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
4
We will take the field without delay against the King of Scots.
Chivalry: Dizain des Reines
5
All the Guelph party were then preparing to take the field together.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
6
I'll wager my lord of Butterwell does not take the field either.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
7
I may want you as an interpreter if I take the field.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
8
When I take the field I am preceded by a hundred spies.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
9
It is envisaged that three of the four should take the field.
The Irish Times
10
Those who had preceded them were already impatient to take the field.
A March on London: Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection
11
But soon after Christmas, William felt himself obliged to take the field.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of ...
12
We mustn't take the field with an ill-prepared plan, must we, Leo?
Afterwards
13
They were ready to take the field in the armies of the Allies.
The Secrets of the German War Office
14
Unfortunately was injured in Samara and unable to take the field in Sochi.
The Guardian
15
The commander-in-chief resolved once more to take the field in person.
Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Inte...
16
Cromwell acted most cautiously; he selected the strongest men to take the field.
A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
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