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take over

Definition for take over

verb as in annex

verb as in appropriate

verb as in assume

verb as in cover

Strongest match

offset

Weak matches

double for, make good, make up for, stand in (for), take the rap for

verb as in expropriate

verb as in inherit

verb as in spell

Strongest match

breathe

Strong matches

allow, free, release, relieve

Weak matches

lay off, lie by, stand in (for), take the place of

verb as in supersede

verb as in supplant

noun as in annexation

Strongest matches

incorporation, takeover

Weak match

annexing

noun as in appropriation

noun as in assumption

noun as in coup d'état

noun as in merger

noun as in requisition

noun as in takeover bid

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Affinity Partners last week closed a $55 billion deal with private-equity firm Silver Lake and the Saudi Public Investment Fund to take over videogame maker Electronic Arts, the largest leveraged buyout of all time.

He took over the family business in 1977 at age 17 after his father’s sudden death.

It's worth remembering that John Swinney took over as first minister midway through a parliamentary term secured on a manifesto signed off by Nicola Sturgeon.

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Green remembers one trip, to Oxford, Miss., when Stewart “took over the whole camp.”

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But she warns: “Until laws change or social norms shift, parents are the first and sometimes the only line of defense against devices taking over their children’s lives.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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