take point en · VERB
Meanings
- To assume the first and most exposed position in a formation in combat; to serve as the lead soldier or unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.
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(broadly) To assume a key role in an operation.
But unlike the intervention in Libya, where France and Britain took point and America “led from behind”, an intervention in Syria would have to be a mostly American affair, and as such it would be done with massive force from the outset.
2012 September 15, “The war in Syria: Death from the skies”, in The Economist:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taking point | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| took point | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| takes point | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| taken point | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (10)
fi mennä edeltä (to be the first, to lead in the combat) · fi johtaa (to assume a key role in an operation) · fi mennä kärkeen (to be the first, to lead in the combat) · cmn 担当前哨 (to be the first, to lead in the combat) · ru пойти́ пе́рвым (to be the first, to lead in the combat) · ru повести́ за собо́й (to be the first, to lead in the combat) · fi ottaa johto (to assume a key role in an operation) · ru возгла́вить (to assume a key role in an operation) · fi johtaa (to be the first, to lead in the combat) · fr passer devant (to be the first, to lead in the combat)