take over
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Definition
- Verb (Transitive):
- To assume control, command, or responsibility for something, often from another person or entity.
- To acquire or gain control of a company, organization, or territory, typically by purchasing a majority of its shares or by force.
- To become dominant or prevalent; to succeed something else in time or position.
Usage and Examples
- To assume control or responsibility:
- When the manager is sick, her deputy will take over the team meetings.
- The new software will take over the task of data analysis.
- To gain control of a business or organization:
- The large corporation plans to take over the smaller competitor.
- After the merger, the parent company will take over all operations.
- To become dominant or to replace:
- A feeling of panic began to take over as the deadline approached.
- In autumn, the red and gold leaves take over the landscape.
Advanced Usage
- "to take over from someone": To replace someone in a role or job.
- She will take over from the current director when he retires.
- "to take over the reins": To assume control or leadership (often of an organization or project).
- The founder's daughter is ready to take over the reins of the family business.
Variants and Related Words
- Takeover (noun): The act of gaining control of a company.
- The hostile takeover was announced this morning.
- Taking over (gerund/noun phrase): The process of assuming control.
- The smooth taking over of responsibilities ensured no disruption.
Synonyms
- Assume control, seize, acquire, appropriate, commandeer, succeed, relieve, buy out.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Take over for (someone): To temporarily perform someone's duties.
- Can you take over for me at the front desk while I take a break?
Related Idioms
- Take over the helm: To take control, especially of a ship or organization (similar to "take over the reins").
- With the new CEO taking over the helm, the company expects a fresh strategy.
Verb
- take up, as of debts or payments
- absorb the costs for something
- take up and practice as one's own
- do over
- They would like to take it over again
- take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
- take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- I'll accept the charges
- She agreed to bear the responsibility
- free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- When will the new President assume office?
- seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
- he usurped my rights
- She seized control of the throne after her husband died