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1. phrasal verbIf you take over a company, you get control of it, for example by buying its shares. [business] ...their plan to take over the company's main electric vehicles division. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verbIf someone takes over a country or building, they get control of it by force, for example with the help of the army. They organised a coup and once more took over the country. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The parliament was taken over by civil guards. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verbIf you take over a job or role or if you take over, you become responsible for the job after someone else has stopped doing it. His widow has taken over the running of his empire, including six London theatres. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He took over from his uncle as governing mayor. [VERB PARTICLE + from] She took over as chief executive of the trust. [VERB PARTICLE + as] 4. phrasal verbIf one thing takes over from something else, it becomes more important, successful, or powerful than the other thing, and eventually replaces it. Cars gradually took over from horses. [VERB PARTICLE + from] When the final vote came, rationality took over. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. See also takeover More Synonyms of take over See full dictionary entry for taketake over in British Englishverb (adverb)1. to assume the control or management of 2. printing to move (copy) to the next line noun takeover3. a. the act of seizing or assuming power, control, etc b. (as modifier) a takeover bid 4. sport another word for changeover (sense 3) take over in American English to assume control or possession of See full dictionary entry for take Examples of 'take over' in a sentencetake over What's the risk of robots taking over your job?Despite that, back off and let those in charge take over.You get taken over by your competitive nature.Troops have moved in and taken over one stretch of the safety zone.We were interrupted but sometimes things take over.Similar action is being taken over mobile roaming charges.The temptation to step in and take over is strong.Whether they got together or get taken over by a more diversified rival remains to be seen.This boat thing can potentially take over our holidays.But it gets taken over by people who bang on about mindfulness and that sort of thing.Basically they just took over control.If problems persist, consider galvanising your fellow neighbours and taking over the management of the building.Yesterday masked armed men took over control of the city council building in Donetsk.At no time should the mentor take over control of the other's life.When new management takes over a struggling business, it is common practice to announce disappointing financial results.We opened in 1991 and went on to take over next door which we knocked through into one massive shop.They were quite quick, for example, to take over the new implements and pottery containers.That same year, he took over the management of his wife's singing career.Lions haven't changed the patterns of their lives much, save where humans have moved in and taken over.The chip did not become so popular until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting and frying the potatoes.Once you're on the move the diesel takes over, but under hard acceleration for overtaking both power units work together for maximum performance. In other languagestake over British English: take over / teɪk ˈəʊvə/ VERB To take over something such as a company or country means to gain control of it. The company has been taken over by a multinational corporation. - American English: take over
- Arabic: يَتَوَلَّى
- Brazilian Portuguese: tomar posse
- Chinese: 接管
- Croatian: preuzeti
- Czech: převzít vedení
- Danish: overtage
- Dutch: overnemen
- European Spanish: tomar el poder
- Finnish: vallata
- French: reprendre s’accaparer
- German: übernehmen
- Greek: αναλαμβάνω
- Italian: rilevare
- Japanese: 引き継ぐ
- Korean: 인계받다
- Norwegian: ta over
- Polish: przejąć
- European Portuguese: tomar posse
- Romanian: a prelua
- Russian: принимать руководство
- Latin American Spanish: asumir
- Swedish: ta över
- Thai: เข้าควบคุม
- Turkish: yönetimi ele almak
- Ukrainian: поглинати
- Vietnamese: tiếp quản
Chinese translation of 'take over' vt - [business, country]
接管 (jiēguǎn) - [job]
接手 (jiēshǒu) ⇒ His widow has taken over the running of the company. 他的遗孀接手经营这家公司。 (Tā de yíshuāng jiēshǒu jīngyíng zhè jiā gōngsī.)
vi to take over from sb 从(從)某人手中接管 (cóng mǒurén shǒu zhōng jiēguǎn)
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