take charge

/tˈeɪk tʃˈɑːdʒ/

/tˈeɪk tʃˈɑːɹdʒ/

[phrase]

to take charge

[PHRASE]

to take control or responsibility of something or someone

synonyms : take control

take hold

Examples

1. Let him take charge.

2. She encouraged patients to take charge of their own mental health and engage in self-help and analysis, believing people were often able to sorta be their own therapists.

3. The War Industries Board took charge of all elements of wartime production setting quotas and prices and establishing standardized specification for almost everything, even down to the color of shoes.

4. Amidst the chaos, a general named Napoleon Bonaparte took charge, becoming Emperor as he claimed to defend the Revolution's democratic values.