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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  • freak out
  • tune up (a musical instrument) or tune (a musical instrument) up
  • hold off (someone) or hold (someone) off
  • put (someone) to bed
  • pay for (something)
  • strike a pose
  • run around like a chicken with its head cut off
  • able to take a joke
  • on one's (own) head
  • of late


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