take the bench (English, verb)
expansion: take the bench (third-person singular simple present takes the bench, present participle taking the bench, simple past took the bench, past participle taken the bench)
Senses:
glosses: To become a judge.
tags: US
glosses: To start a session of a court of law.
tags: US
Forms:
form: takes the bench
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking the bench
tags: participle
present
form: took the bench
tags: past
form: taken the bench
tags: participle
past