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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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"You have a huge amount of documentation, and that's all really great stuff for the AI to have when it is going to take over that first line of defence," he says.

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Trucks still will be needed for deliveries, but the trains could take over the containers from smaller depots.

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In a statement, the company called Novo’s bid “an attempt by a company with a dominant market position to suppress competition in violation of law by taking over an emerging American challenger.”

He said that an activist investor had been threatening to take over the board and fire him and other executives, and a sale seemed like the best exit strategy.

Her mother’s job as a social worker “completely took over her life,” she said.

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

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