"take to the streets" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-take to the streets.wav Forms: takes to the streets [present, singular, third-person], taking to the streets [participle, present], took to the streets [past], taken to the streets [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> to the streets}} 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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-take_to_the_streets-en-verb-d1zpvuYC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
  2. (intransitive) To rampage or riot. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-take_to_the_streets-en-verb-OjbZ4rEc Disambiguation of Violence: 42 58

Inflected forms

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