seize the dominant terrain(Their failure to seize the dominant terrain allowed the enemy to suppress practically the entire company area with fire. 4uzhoj)
take up positions(Soviet artillery, tanks and Infantry immediately opened a combined attack, forcing the German command to order its infantry to take up positions in snow fields to prevent a breakthrough.Щапов Андрей)
take up station(With lightning-fast precision; our troops took up station in the trees. • The soldiers took up station on either side of the door. • I watched the two militiamen take up station near the elevator.Anglophile)
take up a position(Soviet artillery, tanks and Infantry immediately opened a combined attack, forcing the German command to order its infantry to take up positions in snow fields to prevent a breakthrough.)