Examples of 'took up position' in a sentence

Meaning of "took up position"

took up position: This phrase means to assume a particular role, stance, or job in a specific situation or context

How to use "took up position" in a sentence

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took up position
Pyrrhus took up position there and waited.
Hundreds of Ethiopian troops accompanied by forces from Puntland took up position near the town.
Took up position at the front door.
Here they took up position.
She took up position well before war was declared.
Having located the main convoy they took up position with the moon silhouetting the convoy.
Platt took up position by the passenger side front fender of the Cutlass.
The Sikhs too took up position.
We took up position at Orel.
Gao agreed, and the two of them took up position at Tong Pass.
It took up position behind fort 8 without being noticed by the Bulgarians.
Then at least four of them took up position and started shooting at the mosque.
The Japanese armies occupied Manchuria in 1931 and took up position along the.
He quickly took up position right back.
Shortly after dawn, Constantine 's vastly outnumbered army took up position Just north of Rome.

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Belisarius himself took up position in the centre of his deployment.
Later, Israeli troops entered the city and took up position in the town center.
Rodney 's ships took up position to neutralise any shore batteries.
The 20000 Sachstein troops led by Hans Von Kreuger took up position in a land called Plainville.
The 45th Virginia took up position behind rail pens and endured a heavy Union artillery barrage.
Sergeant Chan, you said you took up position behind the squatter house.
Haripushpa took up position within Kucha 's capital Yiluolu 伊邏盧.
As a fielder, Hawke generally took up position in the midfield or deep areas.
He then took up position at Elon, while Brasidas took his position at Cerdylium.
The small contingent of Delta took up position on Alpha 's left flank.
At guard took up position perpendicular to the entrance 1700 hours, the rehearsal was cancelled.
A landing party of 140 men from the ship took up position in Shanghai 's business quarter.
Anyway, we took up position in a corner.
However, a second company took up position next to the first company.
Yu entered the city and took up position there with a Wuyue garrison.
The AFDL / APR soldiers then took up position along the river and opened fire.

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