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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "take over"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to take over
[phrase form: take]
01

āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to begin to be in charge of something, often previously managed by someone else
Transitive: to take over a role or responsibility
to take over definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The supervisor is taking over the team's training program.
āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϏ⧂āϚāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ.
02

āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gain control or possession of something through force, effort, or strategy
Transitive: to take over sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to take over the market by introducing innovative products.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take responsibility for someone else's expenses or debts
Transitive: to take over an expense or debt
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She offered to take the loan over, easing the financial stress on her parents.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ‹āĻŖ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to handle someone's responsibilities for a limited time
Intransitive
Transitive: to take over a responsibility
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need you to take over for me at the reception for an hour.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āϝ⧇ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻĒāĻļāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āύāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤
05

āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take control of a company or business, particularly by buying more shares
Transitive: to take over a company or business
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The merger allowed the larger company to take over its smaller counterpart and streamline operations.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
06

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to adopt a skill or practice and make it one's own
Transitive: to take over a skill or practice
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I plan to take over the gardening technique from my grandmother.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
07

āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to redo a task or activity
Transitive: to take over a task or activity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team took the project over to implement better strategies.
āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to occupy a territory by force, usually through military conquest or invasion
Transitive: to take over a territory
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The general decided to take over the border town to secure a strategic position.
āĻœā§‡āύāĻžāϰ⧇āϞ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to gradually become more significant or more in numbers than something else, often leading to replacement
Intransitive
Transitive: to take over sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The weeds in the garden have started to take over, choking out the flowers.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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