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        Meaning of take over in English
                                                            
                                            
            
                                            
                                    
                    
                                    
                        
                    
                         
        take over
         
        — phrasal verb with take verb [ T ] 
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        /teɪk/         us                
            
        took | taken
                        
         
                                
                                                                                            
                        
          [ I or T ] 
        to begin to have control of something: 
         
        The firm was badly in need of restructuring when she took over.
        take sth over The asset management company took over the bank's bad loans.
         
                    
                         
         
                                
                                                                                            
                        
          [ T ] 
        to take control of a company by buying enough shares to do this: 
         
        The firm has been taken over by one of its main competitors.
         
                
                         
         
                                
                                                                                            
                        
          [ I ] 
        to replace someone or something: 
         
        Some workers will lose their jobs as machines take over.
        take over as sth When he died, his son took over as CEO.
        take over from sb He took over from Tony as head of department last year.
         
                                                                                              
                                                        
                                           
         
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                                                          (Definition of take over from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)                                     
                                                                                
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                                                                                take one (thing) at a time idiom                                                                                     
                                    
                                                                                take out someone                                                                                    
                                    
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                                                                                take out something/someone                                                                                    
                                    
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                                                                                take over (something)                                                                                    
                                    
                                                                                take over/up the reins idiom                                                                                     
                                    
                                                                                take part in something idiom                                                                                     
                                    
                                                                                take place idiom                                                                                     
                            
            
                                                                             
                                                        
                                                             
                                                        
                        
                    
                            
          
                
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