Idiom
take the initiative
Meaning
to take action first or on one's own; to make the first move
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should take the initiative and ask for a raise.”
“Instead of waiting for instructions, she decided to take the initiative and organize the messy office files herself.”
“The manager praised the young intern for taking the initiative to propose a new strategy before anyone else had even identified the problem.”
Examples
simple
“You should take the initiative and ask for a raise.”
contextual
“Instead of waiting for instructions, she decided to take the initiative and organize the messy office files herself.”
complex
“The manager praised the young intern for taking the initiative to propose a new strategy before anyone else had even identified the problem.”
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