Synonyms for take over
take over

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1. 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, bear

2. assume, adopt, take on, take oververb

   take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

   "When will the new President assume office?"

   Synonyms:
   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, bear

3. take over, relieveverb

   free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

   Synonyms:
   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, save

4. bear, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, arrogate

5. take 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, arrogate

6. repeat, 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, double

7. adopt, 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, bear

8. absorb, 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

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1. Christian Fischer:

   I wish I had a single answer, for whatever reason, we just can’t find that second or third goal or big play to take over a game.

2. Sarah Bajc:

   If ultimately this is a piece of the wing, then that little thread of hope that I have been holding on to will have to break. And reality will have to take over.

3. Jack Ma:

   Teachers always want their students to exceed them, so the responsible thing... for me and the company to do is to let younger, more talented people take over in leadership roles.

4. Marc Siegel:

   The reason that the delta variant is winning out is because of how transmissible [it is], it’s not like some deadly version of this is going to compete and beat out the delta variant; the only thing that could take over from the delta variant is one that’s more contagious...I don’t see this changing enough so it suddenly reinfects everybody that's already had it, and eludes the vaccine.

5. Ambassador Adel Al-Jubeir:

   They continued to take over the country, when they were virtually about to take over the city ... we had to step in.