take the field

idiom

sports
: to run out onto the field to begin play
The home team took the field.

Examples of take the field in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Before the Orioles take the field for Thursday’s opening day against the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards, beat reporters Jacob Calvin Meyer and Matt Weyrich and editor Tim Schwartz give their opinions about how the 2024 season might play out. Tim Schwartz, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024 And in 2024, the city’s first professional women’s soccer team, the Super League’s Tampa Bay Sun FC, will take the field. Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2024 Morgan State will take the field at 11 a.m., and Maryland will begin at 2 p.m. Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024 Dressed in a suit and tie, Eisen would take the field and run the dash, thinking nothing of it. Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for take the field 

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“Take the field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20the%20field. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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