Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take_the_field

2 senses of take the field

Sense 1
campaign, take the field -- (go on a campaign; go off to war)

Sense 2
take the field -- (go on the playing field, of a football team)
       => enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into -- (to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes")