take the chair

Take the chair of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, for example.

To overrule the parliamentarian, the plan would be to have Vice President Kamala Harris take the chair and rule that immigration does fit within the confines of the budget.

She seemed ill at ease on the piano stool, and he begged her to take the chair by the window.

Alternate accommodations will be offered for any teen who doesn't want to take the chair lift to the mountain’s 2,000-foot apex, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader.

I take the chair, giving them some space.