"take the stand" meaning in English

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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, Arthur Cheney Train, “Tricks of the Trade”, in Courts and Criminals:",
          "text": "At the conclusion of the case, the defendant not having dared to take the stand, the lawyer arose to address the jury in behalf of what appeared a hopeless cause.",
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        "To testify as a witness in a trial."
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        "(idiomatic) To testify as a witness in a trial."
      ],
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  "word": "take the stand"
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