assume command

All four of the remaining candidates could credibly assume command in the Oval Office.

Then he seemed to make a violent effort to control himself—to assume command over his kinsman's disordered mind.

She appeared like a general about to assume command of his troops.

Grant now proceeded to Raleigh, but did not assume command, preferring to let Sherman complete the work he had begun.

None could be better suited to assume command over the desperate volunteers that had gathered in Charles City county.

The authorities at Pekin yielded, and sent him back to Shanghai to assume command, provided the local Governor had no objection.