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take the lead
become the main organiser
If you take the lead, you become responsible for directing or organizing an activity or group.
Hear it in real life
Who is organising the presentation?
Daniel is taking the lead, but he has asked us all to help.
Maria took the lead on the campaign and kept the whole team on schedule.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She took the lead for organize the project.
Say: She took the lead in organizing the project.
Follow “take the lead” with “in” and an -ing activity when describing what you lead.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
take the lead; take the lead on something; take the lead in doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
Maria took the lead on the campaign and kept the whole team on schedule.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take the lead
become the main organiser
“Maria took the lead on the campaign and kept the whole team on schedule.”
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