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take office
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?"take up, start - begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"accede, enter - take on duties or office; "accede to the throne"assume, take on, take over, adopt - take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
take office
take officeTo assume a position of political authority, especially one that is granted as the result of a public election. The controversial businesswoman had hardly taken office in the senate before becoming immediately embroiled in scandal. I promise that when I take office, I'm going to dedicate my time and energy to solving this city's homelessness crisis.See also: office, taketake officeto begin serving as an elected or appointed official. When did the mayor take office? All the elected officials took office just after the election.See also: office, taketake officeAssume an official position or employment, as in The new chair takes office after the first of the year. [Mid-1800s] See also: office, taketake office
Related to take office: leave office, Office copy, Office bearerAntonyms for take officeverb assume an office, duty, or titleRelated Words- take up
- start
- accede
- enter
- assume
- take on
- take over
- adopt
Antonyms- leave office
- step down
- quit
- resign
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