take the lead

/tˈeɪk ðə lˈiːd/

[phrase] [verb]

to take the lead

[PHRASE]

to be a front runner or pioneer in something

to take the lead

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to agree to be in charge of a situation

Examples

1. Building a carrier can take more than a decade and involves thousands of workers, companies such as Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding Division take the lead.

2. The military has been considered and may be playing a part in the distribution in this country and in other locations may take the lead, will depend on the country and the support that those countries require.

3. Thus it didn’t seem out of the ordinary for women to become active in the movement to build asylums for the mentally ill, for instance, as Dorothea Dix was, or to take the lead in sobering the men of America.

4. I think Georgetown has such an opportunity here to take the lead on this.