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take over

English

  1. 🔊 take over ownership of
  2. 🔊 free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
  3. 🔊 take up, as of debts or payments
    “absorb the costs for something”
  4. 🔊 take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
    “I'll accept the charges”
  5. 🔊 do over
    “They would like to take it over again”
  6. 🔊 take up and practice as one's own
  7. 🔊 seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
    “He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town”
  8. 🔊 take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
    “When will the new President assume office?”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 posesionar to take over
  2. 🔊 enseñorear to take over, take possession (of)
  3. 🔊 tomar posesión to take over, take control, take charge

Similar words

absorb buy out buy up assume usurp seize arrogate bear accept assume adopt borrow take up assume adopt take on relieve repeat accept acquire admit adopt annex appropriate