Usually means: Lawyer becomes a Queen's Counsel.
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  1. take silk: Merriam-Webster
  2. take silk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. take silk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. take silk: Wiktionary
  5. take silk: Dictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) to be appointed as a Queen's Counsel (QC) or King's Counsel (KC)

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squire, esquire, hold court, turn king's evidence, advocate, Exchequer, take the Chiltern Hundreds, secretary, king, chaperone, more...

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squire, esquire, hold court, turn king's evidence, advocate, Exchequer, take the Chiltern Hundreds, secretary, king, chaperone, more...



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