take over
- adopt v.
- annex v.
- appropriate v.
- assume v.
- assume v.
- command v.
- confiscate v.
- co-opt v.
- cover v.
- displace v.
- expropriate v.
- inherit v.
- manage v.
- monopolize v.
- pinch hit v.
- possess v.
- replace v.
- rule v.
- seize v.
- spell v.
- steer v.
- substitute v.
- succeed v.
- supersede v.
- supplant v.
- annexation n.
- appropriation n.
- assumption n.
- conquest n.
- coup d'état n.
- merger n.
- ownership n.
- proprietorship n.
- requisition n.
- takeover bid n.
- triumph n.
- enterprising adj.
- forceful adj.
- vigorous adj.
Example Sentences
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Cooper Rush isn’t a bad placeholder at quarterback for the Falcons until Michael Penix Jr. is ready to take over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
"So I'm excited to see Halloween and all the antlers come out and take over the world," she joked to reporters backstage.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dario Amodei published a blog post warning that more A.I. agents going “rogue” could soon take over the entire web, then went on various news shows to keep harping the message.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Eventually Rubezhnoy, a barrel-chested fighter, would take over as the head of Putin’s Federal Guards’ Service, Moscow’s equivalent of the Secret Service, a coveted position with proximity to the country’s most powerful man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Tell Mama you love her every day, because she deserves to have someone say it, and since I'm not there, you have to take over for me.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack