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Assume control, management, or possession of, as in The pilot told his copilot to take over the controls, or There's a secret bid to take over our company. [Late 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): take over (from someone)
to assume the role or job of someone. • I take over for the manager next month. • Liz takes over and will be in charge., Phrase(s): take someone or something over
to take charge (of someone or something); to assume control of someone or something. • The new manager will take the office over next week. • Will you please take over your children? I can’t seem to control them., Phrase(s): take someone or something over (to someone or something)
to deliver someone or something to someone or something. • Would you take this over to Tiffany? • Would you take Tiffany over to the office?, Phrase(s): take something over
1. to assume responsibility for a task. • It looks as if I’m going to have to take the project over. • I will take over the project. 2. to acquire all of an asset; [for a company] to acquire another company. • Carl set out to take the failing airline over. • He took over the failing company with the help of a number of investment bankers. 3. to take control of something. • The dictator hoped to take over the world little by little. • He just might take it over.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs