take to the streets

verb

To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.

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Meanings

verbtake 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)

present singular third person takes to the streets · participle present taking to the streets · past took to the streets · participle past taken to the streets

  1. intransitiveTo gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.

    But for the first time, the lese-majesty law was discussed substantially […] It follows an unprecedented youth movement that took to the streets in 2020 to challenge that law and to call for the royal budget to be reduced and its political influence curbed.

    2023 May 15, Rebecca Ratcliffe, “Thai election may be turning point as taboo over monarchy fades”, in The Guardian
  2. intransitiveTo rampage or riot.
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APA

take to the streets. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20to%20the%20streets

MLA

“take to the streets.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20to%20the%20streets. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take to the streets,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20to%20the%20streets.

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