take over

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To take over is to take control of something from somebody else. They had it, and now you do.

It covers jobs, companies and countries, and in business a takeover is a formal event with its own rules, which can be friendly or hostile. It splits round an object. There is a lighter everyday sense of relieving somebody, so offering to take over the driving is a kindness. And things can take over without anybody deciding, since a hobby or a weed can take over entirely.

Definitions of take over

1phrasetake overTo assume control of something from someone else.B2
“She will take over the department in January.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 28 of A Man Called Ove.

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take over

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To take over is to take control of something from somebody else. They had it, and now you do.

Definitions of take over

1phrasetake overTo assume control of something from someone else.B2
“She will take over the department in January.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 28 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word