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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  • farm (something) out or farm out (something)
  • tail between one's legs
  • take (something) by storm
  • get lost
  • at the end of one's rope
  • create an uproar
  • put off (something) or put (something) off
  • know (something) by heart
  • get one's fill of (someone or something)
  • chisel (someone) out of (something)


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