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Verb: take the stand
  1. (law) give testimony in a court of law
    "The defendant took the stand to proclaim his innocence"; "The witness took the stand to testify about what she had seen";
    - testify, attest, bear witness, witness

Derived forms: taking the stand, taken the stand, took the stand, takes the stand

Type of: declare, pronounce