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take over
verb
- to assume the control or management of
- printing to move (copy) to the next line
noun
- the act of seizing or assuming power, control, etc
- ( as modifier )
takeover bid
- sport another word for changeover
Idioms and Phrases
Assume control, management, or possession of, as in The pilot told his copilot to take over the controls , or There's a secret bid to take over our company . [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
The real power lies in a handful of men like Dan Loeb, who personally put up a million dollars to take over the Senate.
But he said he was happy that I was there, to take over if needed.
Akhtar will take over from Zaheer-ul-Islam, who is set to retire on Oct. 1.
Her new case officer, whom she knew as David, had already arrived to take over from his predecessor.
And people searching to take over a lease can select “landlord approved” apartments to streamline the process.
On his arrival at Rome, to take over his new command, he found himself face to face with a mutiny.
The Commandant was to take over the offices, staff, and functions of the late Civil Governor.
He binds himself at any time, subject to my desire, to take over a thousand shares at par.
I found that my Brigadier had arranged that I was to take over the front of something over two regiments.
I'm too old to mess in, but a youngster could take over en double his money in five years.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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