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Antonyms for takes over


Grammar : Verb
Spell : teyk
Phonetic Transcription : teɪk



Definition of takes over

Origin :
  • 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
  • As in inherit : verb gain as possession from someone's death
  • As in appropriate : verb steal
  • As in manage : verb be in charge, control
  • As in monopolize : verb dominate, control
  • As in assume : verb take, undertake
  • As in assume : verb adopt, acquire
  • As in possess : verb have or obtain
  • As in replace : verb take the place of; put in place of
  • As in rule : verb govern, manage
  • As in seize : verb abduct; take by force
  • As in spell : verb give rest, relief
  • As in steer : verb guide, direct on a course
  • As in substitute : verb interchange, exchange
  • As in succeed : verb come after; take the place of
  • As in supersede : verb take the place of; override
  • As in supplant : verb displace, replace
  • As in pinch-hit : verb substitute
  • As in command : verb rule, have power
  • As in confiscate : verb steal; seize
  • As in adopt : verb choose or take something as one's own
  • As in co-opt : verb to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate
  • As in cover : verb fill in for, compensate
  • As in displace : verb remove from position of responsibility
  • As in expropriate : verb seize
  • As in annex : verb join or add
Example sentences :
  • I'll be more than thankful when the crop is in and Mr. Barry takes over the farm.
  • Extract from : « Anne Of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • Deneb and Canopus are so far away that it takes over three hundred years for their light to reach us.
  • Extract from : « Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • During the time he takes over this our young man will not notice the streets through which we are passing.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • She told Knutty about Fderaad, the legal dues paid to the parents by the eldest son who takes over the management of the Gaard.
  • Extract from : « Katharine Frensham » by Beatrice Harraden
  • It takes over twenty-four thousand chinch bugs to weigh one ounce.
  • Extract from : « News Writing » by M. Lyle Spencer
  • The road for seven miles is up the valley; it then takes over the mountain, to the waters running into Snake or Lewis river.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XXX » by Joel Palmer
  • This assumption Berkeley, almost without argument, takes over from his predecessors.
  • Extract from : « A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' » by Norman Kemp Smith
  • It takes over a month each way, so I have received but one message from the sultan since coming to Italy.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • He is very useful to us; takes over to the enemy information that I give him, so that we can influence their decision.
  • Extract from : « Cyrano de Bergerac » by Edmond Rostand
  • He takes over $1,100 with him, contributed for this purpose by the Chinese connected with our mission.
  • Extract from : « American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 1, January, 1889 » by Various

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