take (sth) over
— phrasal verb with take uk/teɪk/us/teɪk/verb took, taken
(START DOING)
B2 to start doing a job or being responsible for something that another person did or had responsibility for before:
He took over from the previous headmaster in February.
She took over as manager two weeks ago.
Jason Lamb has taken over responsibility for this project.
More examples
- Do you know who's taking over the restaurant?
- I've taken over from Vanessa as head of the sales department.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefighting
- get sth in
- inherit
- jump-start
- negotiate
- overcome
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- turn
- weather
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(GET CONTROL)
to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it:
The company he works for has recently been taken over.
See also
takeover
More examples
- Our company was taken over in May.
- There are rumours that a German firm is bidding to take over the shoe factory.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- spin
- spin sth off
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- takeover
- white knight
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(BECOME MORE POWERFUL)
C2 to become more successful or powerful than something or someone else that is involved in the same type of activity:
It's only a matter of time before they take over completely.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Having a powerful effect
- blazing
- compelling
- devastating
- driving
- embedded
- full
- full-frontal
- fullness
- game changer
- life-changing
- powerful
- puissant
- resound
- scalding
- strong
- take
- unconquerable
- unfailing
- unswerving
- untiring
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