take to the streets

English

Verb

take to the streets (third-person singular simple present takes to the streets, present participle taking to the streets, simple past took to the streets, past participle taken to the streets)

  1. (intransitive, of a crowd of people) To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
  2. (intransitive) To rampage or riot.
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