take (sth) over
(START DOING) — phrasal verb with take /teɪk/ verb (took, taken)Definition
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B2 to start doing a job or being responsible for something that another person did or had responsibility for before: He took over from the previous headmaster in February. She took over as manager two weeks ago. Colin Lamb has taken over responsibility for this project.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
(Definition of take (sth) over (START DOING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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tailwind noun
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taint verb
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tajine noun
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take (sth) over phrasal verb (BECOME MORE POWERFUL)
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take (sth) over phrasal verb (GET CONTROL)
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take a back seat idiom
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take a battering idiom
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take a dim view of sth idiom
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take a hard line on sb/sth idiom
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take a hike! idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
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- come up against sth phrasal verb
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront verb
- firefight verb
- firefighting noun (PROBLEMS)
- get sth in phrasal verb (FIND TIME)
- have it out with sb idiom
- jump-start verb (SITUATION)
- overcome verb (DEAL WITH)
- process verb (DEAL WITH)
- reckon with sb/sth phrasal verb
- see about sth phrasal verb
- see to sth/sb phrasal verb
- turn (sth) to sth phrasal verb
- weather the storm idiom
- weather verb (DEAL WITH)
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