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1 as in to substitute to serve as a replacement usually for a time only I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break -
substitute -
stand in -
fill in -
step in -
sub -
spell -
cover -
pinch-hit -
double (as) -
understudy -
relieve 2 as in to shoulder to take to or upon oneself took over the responsibility of caring for the animals -
shoulder -
accept -
assume -
bear -
undertake -
take up -
embrace -
stand by -
adopt -
champion -
advocate -
back -
uphold -
support -
endorse -
accede -
espouse -
reaccept -
consent -
acquiesce -
assent -
agree -
indorse -
reassume -
take back -
withdraw -
repudiate -
turn down -
refuse -
disavow -
renounce -
retract -
disclaim -
refrain (from) -
reject -
abjure -
abstain (from) -
avoid -
recant -
decline -
spurn -
forbear -
give up -
bypass -
disown -
relinquish -
abandon -
forsake -
back down -
unsay -
surrender -
spurn -
detour -
back off -
backtrack -
abnegate See More 3 as in to seize to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right students protesting the war took over the college's radio station -
seize -
occupy -
convert -
steal -
confiscate -
grab -
appropriate -
usurp -
pirate -
invade -
annex -
commandeer -
claim -
arrogate -
preempt -
expropriate -
press -
snatch -
assume -
loot -
attach -
trespass -
impound -
sequester -
grasp -
infringe -
encroach -
collar -
preoccupy -
wrench -
repossess -
pillage -
embezzle -
despoil -
misuse -
wrest -
peculate -
misapply -
misappropriate as in seizure the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority the new government's high-handed takeover of private industries -
seizure -
appropriation -
annexation -
usurpation -
invasion -
expropriation -
commandeering -
preemption -
occupancy -
theft -
grab -
misuse -
arrogation -
occupation -
confiscation -
stripping -
repossession -
infringement -
embezzlement -
encroachment -
sequestration -
looting -
assumption -
pillaging -
misappropriation -
peculation -
piracy -
impoundment -
despoilment -
misapplication -
detainer -
defalcation -
ejection -
trespass -
attachment -
disfurnishment -
preoccupancy -
deforcement -
dispossession |