take office

idiom

: to begin the job or responsibility of one in a position of authority especially in the government

The former governor took office in 1998.

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But the irony is that the opportunity for a big Republican social policy agenda was probably greater in the first Trump term than in the (possible) second, which would probably take office amid persistent, massive deficits and barely tamed inflation. —Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 15 July 2024

Biden is 81 and would be the oldest U.S. president to ever take office if reelected. —Diamy Wang, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024

The winner of the next presidential election, Ulysses S. Grant, appointed Stanton to the Supreme Court, but the former secretary of war died just one day before he was set to take office. —Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024

Lai, a 64-year-old doctor who came from a poor mining family, will take office on May 20. —Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024