Meaning of take a view | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To form an opinion and take action on an issue which carries the risk of professional or legal liability; particularly where there is no obvious course of action.
   UK, intransitive
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take.

Examples

“Collate together all the information you can, but do remember that Michael's the one who'll take a view, not you.”

“If the insurer refuses to cover the defect in the policy, the client is just going to have to take a view.”

“But how can a client assess whether sufficient resources have been allocated to the project? This is obviously subjective but, nevertheless, clients have to 'take a view', if they are to comply with their statutory obligations.”

“Law Officers have taken a view on the line which the UK should take in future on proposals which the UK supports for policy reasons, even though we consider they use the wrong legal base. The Department of Health will follow this agreed line for this proposal.”

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