chair up

To become the person in charge who leads a meeting or organisation.

"After the previous chair resigned, nobody wanted to chair up until the crisis had passed."

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Smarter Every Day 2 · 1:52

You'll pull that chair up here.

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Jordan Matter · 8:29

I had to scoop my chair up and save it

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WTTW · 13:36

And, you know, she was still the chair up until,

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