take a view

present singular third person takes a view · participle present taking a view · past took a view · participle past taken a view

1. UKintransitivebusinessTo form an opinion and take action on an issue which carries the risk of professional or legal liability; particularly where there is no obvious course of action.

   If the insurer refuses to cover the defect in the policy, the client is just going to have to take a view.

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   Collate together all the information you can, but do remember that Michael's the one who'll take a view, not you.

   But how can a client assess whether sufficient resources have been allocated to the project? This is obviously subjective but, nevertheless, clients have to 'take a view', if they are to comply with their statutory obligations.

   1997, The Structural Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Structural Engineers

   Law Officers have taken a view on the line which the UK should take in future on proposals which the UK supports for policy reasons, even though we consider they use the wrong legal base. The Department of Health will follow this agreed line for this proposal.

   2004, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. European Scrutiny Committee, Thirty-seventh Report of Session 2003-04: Documents Considered by the Committee on 17 November 2004, Including, Global Satellite Navigation System; Procedure for the Adoption of Measures Relating to Visas, Asylum and Immigration; European Defence Equipment Market, Report, Together with Formal Minutes, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 36

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take.