take over

take over

verb

Definition of TAKE OVER

transitive verb

: to assume control or possession of or responsibility for <military leaders took over the government>

intransitive verb

1

: to assume control or possession

2

: to become dominant

Examples of TAKE OVER

1. <I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break.>
2. <took over the responsibility of caring for the animals>

First Known Use of TAKE OVER

1884

Related to TAKE OVER

Synonyms

fill in, pinch-hit, stand in, step in, sub, substitute, cover

Antonyms

disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate

Related Words

understudy; relieve, spell; double (as)

Near Antonyms

abjure, recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from); avoid, bypass, detour; abandon, abnegate, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender; back down, back off, backtrack

Rhymes with TAKE OVER

allover, all over, bind over, blow over, boil over, bowl over, changeover, chew over, comb-over, come over, crossover, cross over, cutover, flashover, flyover, get over, give over, go over, hand over, hangover, Hannover, holdover, hold over, in clover, kick over, knock over, layover, lay over, leftover, lie over, look over, makeover, make over, mess over, moreover, once-over, Passover, pass over, pick over, popover, pullover, pull over, pushover, put over, red clover, Rickover, rollover, roll over, runover, run over, sea rover, slipover, spillover, stopover, strikeover, sweet clover, takeover, talk over, throw over, tide over, turnover, turn over, voice-over, walkover, walk over, warmed-over, watch over, wingover, work over