take a chair
1take the chair — If you take the chair, your become the chairman or chairwoman of a committee, etc …
2take the chair — To preside over a meeting as chairperson • • • Main Entry: ↑chair * * * act as chairperson …
3take the chair — index officiate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4take the chair — If you take the chair, your become the chairman or chairwoman of a committee, etc. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
5take a chair — take a seat, have a seat, sit down (on a chair) …
6To take the chair — Chair Chair (ch[^a]r), n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher s or professor s chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Cathedral}, {chaise}.]… …
7take the chair — lead, manage a meeting, act as the head …
8take a chair — sit down …
9take — [tāk] vt. took, taken, taking [ME taken < OE tacan < ON taka < ? IE base * dēg , to lay hold of] I to get possession of by force or skill; seize, grasp, catch, capture, win, etc. 1. to get by conquering; capture; seize 2. to trap, snare …
10Chair — (ch[^a]r), n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher s or professor s chair, Gr. ? down + ? seat, ? to sit, akin to E. sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Cathedral}, {chaise}.] [1913 Webster] …