to take over
222
3.8
- phrasal verb
- /ˈteɪk ˈoʊvər/
:
tomar el control de
- After months of negotiations, the larger firm was ready to take over its competitor and expand its market reach.
- firms take over
- take over the market
- take over the government
And I think it was the week when Maloney took over in Italy.
- And I think it was the week when Maloney took over in Italy.
- And he made this absolutely clear from as soon as he took over Azar.
- AI is going to be taking over the world very quickly.
- These these are people who are planning on taking over Rome.
- So we have Napoleon invades Spain takes over, crowns himself, whatever.
- And it's, you know, Texark is trying to take over the entire area.
- But I think the indie film moved, was taken over by Netflix.
- Once they got a foothold, they could, they could take over any competitor they had.
- When the when Eric took over, Eric Schmidt took over Novell.
- I mean, they went there and like took over the country from Native Americans, stole it.
- LGBTQIA people, they're going to take over the world.
- Let's get Haldeman and let's start them all and we'll take over the five families.
- What do we do with these these students currently taking over the campuses?
- Now, Malkor tries to take over the world.
- The dinosaurs died and the meek took over the earth.
- But now they've taken over Israel, they're trying to seduce Israel.
- After his death, the Flat Earth Society was taken over by the US American Charles Johnson.
Examples
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The buyer wants an inventory before he takes over, and I ask Mother if I can help.
Fiction book (1999) -
You know, we can't just sit here and do nothing while the whole town gets taken over.
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You really think you can take over Paris?
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So you can take over the farm.
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Thought he was gonna take over General Electric.
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One of them is going to take over as king, as the monarch.
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Do you feel like Chase has kind of taken over Chase Bank?
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I'm taking over the company.
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Other firms would simply take over the market, expanding their production to meet world demand.
Academic text (1996) -
Seems someone has taken over your man's drug operation.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Cause someone to die or suffer great harm
397
3.7
To take control of a place by force or to beat something hard like a fear
277
3.2
To take control of a place or person quickly, often by force
227
3.5
Start to have power and make decisions about something
200
4.5
To take power or money in a dishonest, selfish way
98
3.5
Start to control a group or situation and lead others
77
5.7
Take control of a group or position without proper authority
49
3.5
Pay money to own a company or a partner's share to gain control
46
4.1
To pay for and take almost all of something so one group controls it
34
8.6
To take power or a position from someone without the right, often by force
33
3.8
To begin to control a situation or people's actions
12
4.4
To lead an organization, group, or project
Start managing something after the previous person leaves
Antonyms
How Much Control
277
3.2
222
3.8
49
3.5
- Specialized
42
4.0
458
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + over
The sense 'to assume responsibility or control' is directly compositional from 'take' (to seize/assume) combined with 'over' (indicating control, authority, or transfer), so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts. This pattern (take + over → assume control/responsibility) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Take over may come from the image of someone grabbing a shop or seat and standing over it like a new leader, showing they control it. That's why it means 'to gain control of or become the owner of a business or organization'.