take over

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === take over (third-person singular simple present takes over, present participle taking over, simple past took over, past participle taken over) To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. To adopt a further responsibility or duty. To relieve someone temporarily. To buy out the ownership of a business. To appropriate something without permission. To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer. (transitive, intransitive) To become more successful than (someone or something else). Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ over. ==== Synonyms ==== (to become more successful than): overtake; surpass (to assume control, sometimes by force): commandeer ==== Related terms ==== takeover ==== Translations ==== === See also === Not to be confused with overtake === Anagrams === overtake