to take office
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3.6
- phrasal verb
- /teɪk ˈɔfɪs/
- On 11 March 1990, Patricio Aylwin took office as Chile's first elected president since 1970.
- the president took office
- the administration took office
- the government took office
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, Obama took office near the bottom of the market.
- You know, Obama took office near the bottom of the market.
- When Ushenko took office and he amended that.
- So just before President Roosevelt took office, the banks were in total disarray.
- OK, granted I have never felt less safe than the day you took office but, but.
- I think most of the enthusiasm for Trump will be priced in before Trump actually takes office.
- And now knowing that when Trump takes office that the default setting is going to be, hey, how can we, how can we all get paid for this?
- My uncle took office two days later.
- That is what they proposed when they first took office, Amnesty.
- Every chess player on the globe has made the move since the Biden and Kamala took office.
Examples
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After taking office, Obama spoke of the need to reform the industry.
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And when I took office, I received both good advice and some admonitions on what to do and what not to do.
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As soon as Trump took office, things changed.
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But he died of cancer before he was able to take office.
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"About a month after I took office." "Do you still trust me?"
Fiction book (1991) -
What you guys should report is that since I took office crime is down significantly in the city of Los Angeles.
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The new president will take office at a low moment in U.S. relations with its neighbors.
Academic text (2008) -
When the new government took office in April, the body formally dissolved itself.
Academic text (1990) -
In February 1993, soon after taking office, President Clinton proposed a broad-based energy tax for the United States.
Academic text (1997) -
When she took office as mayor, she announced plans to improve the city's infrastructure.
Synonyms
14
3.1
Accept a job, responsibility, or part in a play
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2.5
To begin duties in an official position such as prime minister
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8.4
To take an official position such as a throne or presidency
Antonyms
- Literature
65
4.2
Stop being a leader with official power, for example a government official or company boss
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to begin serving in an official position' is directly derivable from 'take' (to assume or accept) combined with 'office' (an official post). This is a standard, compositional collocation that follows normal English verb + noun semantics and is cross-linguistically comparable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Take office comes from the image of a person walking into the workplace and taking the office, sitting at the desk and accepting the role. So, take office means 'to begin serving in an official position'.