to begin to do something that someone else was doing
to take control of something
Are you calling me in to take over my old job?
At no time should the mentor take over control of the other's life.
Basically they just took over control.
But it gets taken over by people who bang on about mindfulness and that sort of thing.
Can you take over the cooking while I walk the dog?
Five night shift workers have been suspended along with the five staff who took over the next morning.
Gibraltar was taken over by Spain in 1462.
IBM is taking over the smaller company.
If problems persist, consider galvanising your fellow neighbours and taking over the management of the building.
I’ll take over from you for a moment.
Jane took over as director after Richard retired.
Leading fascists took over the football federations and influenced important areas of football organization and sanctioned individual transfers.
Lions haven't changed the patterns of their lives much, save where humans have moved in and taken over.
Once you're on the move the diesel takes over, but under hard acceleration for overtaking both power units work together for maximum performance.
READING are one step from being taken over by an Asian consortium.
Similar action is being taken over mobile roaming charges.
That same year, he took over the management of his wife's singing career.
The chip did not become so popular until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting and frying the potatoes.
The temptation to step in and take over is strong.
Then wild nights, jail and firearms charges took over.
They were quite quick, for example, to take over the new implements and pottery containers.
This boat thing can potentially take over our holidays.
Troops have moved in and taken over one stretch of the safety zone.
We opened in 1991 and went on to take over next door which we knocked through into one massive shop.
We were interrupted but sometimes things take over.
When new management takes over a struggling business, it is common practice to announce disappointing financial results.
Whether they got together or get taken over by a more diversified rival remains to be seen.
Yesterday masked armed men took over control of the city council building in Donetsk.
You get taken over by your competitive nature.
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