Usually means: Begin playing or competing outside.
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  1. take the field: Merriam-Webster
  2. take the field: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. take the field: Collins English Dictionary
  4. take the field: Vocabulary.com
  5. take the field: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. take the field: Wiktionary
  7. take the field: Dictionary.com
  8. take the field: Rhymezone
  9. take the field: FreeDictionary.org
  10. take the field: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. take the field: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. take the field: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (take the field)

verb:  (literally, figuratively) To go out onto the playing field.
verb:  (figuratively) To begin military operations.
verb:  (horse racing) To stake one's money against the favourite, taking the chances of the field against the chance of one horse.

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