take(something)over
phrasal verbwithtakeverbuk/teɪk/us/teɪk/took|taken
(START DOING)
B2
tostartdoing ajobor beingresponsiblefor something that anotherpersondid or hadresponsibilityfor before:
He took overfromthepreviousheadmasterinFebruary.
She took overasmanagertwoweeksago.
Jason Lamb has taken overresponsibilityfor thisproject.
- Do youknowwho's taking over therestaurant?
- I've taken over from Vanessa asheadof thesalesdepartment.
Dealing with things or people
- attend tosomeone/something
- be all over itidiom
- beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
- bed
- come/get to grips withsomethingidiom
- cut
- fire
- have it out withsomeoneidiom
- hold onidiom
- I/I've got thisidiom
- ill-prepared
- jump-start
- overcome
- toughsomethingout
- turn
- turn tosomeone/something
- unprocessed
- weather
- weather the stormidiom
- you/you've got thisidiom
(GET CONTROL)
to getcontrolof acompanybybuyingenough of thesharesin it:
Thecompanyheworksfor hasrecentlybeen taken over.
See also
takeover
- Ourcompanywas taken over in May.
- There arerumoursthat aGermanfirmisbiddingto take over theshoefactory.
Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquihire
- acquire
- acquisition
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buyout
- conglomerate
- counterattack
- denationalization
- denationalize
- fire sale
- growth-oriented
- hive
- hostile
- non-hostile
- oligopoly
- parent
- parent company
- partnership
(BECOME MORE POWERFUL)
C2
tobecomemoresuccessfulorpowerfulthan something or someoneelsethat isinvolvedin the sametypeofactivity:
It's only amatteroftimebefore they take overcompletely.
Having a powerful effect
- blazing
- compelling
- devastating
- devastatingly
- elementally
- embedded
- impactful
- intense
- keen
- life-altering
- life-changing
- piercingly
- powerful
- powerfully
- unfailing
- unfailingly
- unfaltering
- unflagging
- unshakeable
- vivid