Idioms

take the initiative to (do something)
to decide to do something although one has not been asked to do it
I decided to take the initiative to organize a dinner for my friend who was leaving to go to a different university.

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  • take the law into one's own hands
  • take the liberty of (doing something)
  • take the plunge
  • take the rap for (someone or something)
  • take the stand
  • take the starch out of (someone)
  • take the trouble to (do something)
  • take the wind out of someone's sails
  • take the words out of (someone's) mouth
  • take time off
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  • deal with (something)
  • pale around the gills
  • leading question
  • go to waste
  • from near and far
  • make a fool out of (someone)
  • off one's back
  • be all things to all people
  • wear off
  • kick the bucket


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