How to pronounce “assume the position”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• Often used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to assume a given position.
• (idiomatic, US, law enforcement) To turn away, with one's hands in a visible and unmovable position, so that one can be searched.
• (idiomatic, UK, punishment) Often used as an order to bend over, for example, to receive the traditional corporal punishment in a case of misbehaviour.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

imposition, isomerization, assimilation, supposition, somatization, sanitization, san sebastian, satirization, sonification, somnipathy