take the purple
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English
Verb
take the purple (third-person singular simple present takes the purple, present participle taking the purple, simple past took the purple, past participle taken the purple)
- (historical, Roman Empire) To ascend to the rank of an emperor.
Related terms
- born in the purple
- born to the purple
- raise to the purple
- rise to the purple
- the purple (imperial power, sense 4)