"take to the streets" meaning in English

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Verb

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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11
  2. (intransitive) To rampage or riot. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-take_to_the_streets-en-verb-OjbZ4rEc Disambiguation of Violence: 30 70

Inflected forms

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