take over - English dictionary

take over in WordNet English dictionary

verb

take up, as of debts or payments
"absorb the costs for something"
absorb take over
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
"I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
bear take over accept assume
take up and practice as one's own
adopt borrow take over take up
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
"When will the new President assume office?"
assume adopt take on take over
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"
assume usurp seize take over arrogate
take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
take over buy out buy up
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
take over relieve
do over
"They would like to take it over again"
repeat take over

(verb) (idiom) to assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp
(verb) (idiom) to adopt a further responsibility or duty
(verb) (idiom) to relieve someone temporarily
(verb) (idiom) to buy out the ownership of a business
(verb) (idiom) to appropriate something without permission
(verb) (idiom) to annex a territory by conquest or invasion
(verb) (context/idiom/intransitive) To become more successful than someone or something else.

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