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                    as in substitutes
                                                
              
          
                                                      to serve as a replacement usually for a time only                                       
              
                             I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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                    as in shoulders
                                                
              
          
                                                      to take to or upon oneself                                       
              
                             took over the responsibility of caring for the animals                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in seizes
                                                
              
          
                                                      to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right                                       
              
                             students protesting the war took over the college's radio station                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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