take the stand

Related to take the stand: Pertaining to

take the stand

To testify in court during a trial. We'll only be able to convict this scumbag if you're willing to take the stand—the whole case falls apart without your testimony. The defendant took the stand to give her version of events.
See also: stand, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • witness for
  • witness for (someone or something)
  • tit
  • tits
  • dox
  • doxx
  • doxx (one)
  • doxxing
  • scumbag
  • apart from