What are some opposite words for take over?
Antonyms for take overtake over
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term take over.
Princeton's WordNet
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogateverb
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
"He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
Synonyms:
usurp, attach, sequester, capture, simulate, acquire, absorb, impound, don, put on, take, take for granted, lay claim, adopt, strike, borrow, get hold of, assume, prehend, relieve, assign, repeat, claim, presume, arrogate, confiscate, get into, sham, seize, clutch, grab, buy up, appropriate, accept, take on, feign, wear, conquer, buy out, take up, bearassume, adopt, take on, take oververb
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
"When will the new President assume office?"
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usurp, take in, embrace, absorb, buy up, espouse, simulate, acquire, undertake, don, put on, sweep up, take, take for granted, adopt, strike, borrow, meet, assume, admit, relieve, play, encounter, repeat, presume, arrogate, get into, sham, follow, seize, dramatise, tackle, accept, take on, feign, wear, dramatize, buy out, take up, beartake over, relieveverb
free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
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repeat, adopt, buy up, arrogate, relieve, accept, unbosom, assuage, take on, excuse, still, palliate, free, assume, ease, absorb, allay, let off, remedy, take up, usurp, alleviate, salve, exempt, salvage, seize, buy out, borrow, bear, lighten, savebear, take over, accept, assumeverb
take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
"I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
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usurp, digest, swallow, abide, buy up, comport, tolerate, bear, don, have a bun in the oven, support, acquire, live with, behave, simulate, put on, endure, put up, take, stick out, adopt, expect, borrow, take for granted, deport, assume, pay, relieve, presume, repeat, go for, buy out, carry, get into, sham, stomach, birth, hold, seize, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, take on, feign, wear, strike, admit, absorb, take up, give birth, consent, arrogatetake over, buy out, buy upverb
take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
Synonyms:
seize, relieve, buy out, usurp, take up, absorb, buy up, adopt, repeat, take on, assume, borrow, bear, accept, arrogaterepeat, take oververb
do over
"They would like to take it over again"
Synonyms:
repeat, reiterate, adopt, duplicate, arrogate, relieve, accept, absorb, recapitulate, buy up, reprize, assume, restate, recur, bear, take on, echo, take up, ingeminate, usurp, reprise, retell, replicate, seize, buy out, borrow, iterate, reduplicate, doubleadopt, borrow, take over, take upverb
take up and practice as one's own
Synonyms:
usurp, take in, suck up, seize on, resume, buy up, espouse, acquire, hook on, imbibe, suck in, lift out, sweep up, take, sorb, adopt, strike, borrow, assume, relieve, scoop up, repeat, scoop, buy out, embrace, fasten on, arrogate, soak up, sop up, suck, follow, seize, start, dramatise, latch on, draw, accept, take on, absorb, dramatize, take up, scoop out, bearabsorb, take oververb
take up, as of debts or payments
"absorb the costs for something"
Synonyms:
engulf, adopt, occupy, arrogate, relieve, sop up, accept, assimilate, engross, take on, buy up, draw, assume, bear, borrow, engage, take in, immerse, ingest, usurp, repeat, plunge, soak up, imbibe, steep, buy out, take up, suck up, seize, absorb, suck
How to use take over in a sentence?
I'm taking cash out now. And I've been transferring to my other account, not at Banesco, just in case, this is malice. They've been wanting to take over Banesco for a while.
The idea that somehow we are going to take over the elections and do all those things, I've never studied that, i don't know about it.
( Bashar al -) Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Hosni Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us -- at least Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak -- in fighting radical Islamic terrorists, if we topple Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests.
I don't allow my tour to take over my life. I go for two or three weeks at a time and then I take off two or three weeks, financially, it's not the most responsible way to do it but the truth is my family has always been what's more important to me.
We can't let a Trump wannabe — you know a lapdog for Donald Trump. I call him Trump in khakis take over this state because you know what? It's too important, we got to fix education. We gotta get everybody health care. We got big challenges. I got us out of a mess before. I'll do it again. Go vote. Get your boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever you got. Get them out there.
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