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Antonyms for taking over


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : teyk
Phonetic Transcription : teɪk



Definition of taking over

Origin :
  • 1650s, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930.
  • As in accession : noun coming to power
  • As in adoption : noun choosing or taking something as one's own
  • As in inherit : verb gain as possession from someone's death
  • As in appropriate : verb steal
  • As in manage : verb be in charge, control
  • As in monopolize : verb dominate, control
  • As in assume : verb take, undertake
  • As in assume : verb adopt, acquire
  • As in possess : verb have or obtain
  • As in replace : verb take the place of; put in place of
  • As in rule : verb govern, manage
  • As in seize : verb abduct; take by force
  • As in spell : verb give rest, relief
  • As in steer : verb guide, direct on a course
  • As in substitute : verb interchange, exchange
  • As in succeed : verb come after; take the place of
  • As in supersede : verb take the place of; override
  • As in supplant : verb displace, replace
  • As in pinch-hit : verb substitute
  • As in command : verb rule, have power
  • As in confiscate : verb steal; seize
  • As in adopt : verb choose or take something as one's own
  • As in co-opt : verb to assimilate in order to take over or appropriate
  • As in cover : verb fill in for, compensate
  • As in displace : verb remove from position of responsibility
  • As in expropriate : verb seize
  • As in annex : verb join or add
Example sentences :
  • For centuries they have been taking over every vital function of our life.
  • Extract from : « Valley of the Croen » by Lee Tarbell
  • Everyone else was out of the building, and the robots were taking over.
  • Extract from : « Citadel » by Algirdas Jonas Budrys
  • I have some grub in it that I was taking over to your Camp No. 2.
  • Extract from : « Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip » by Allen Chapman
  • The story of the taking over of the earth into possession has been but a story of travel.
  • Extract from : « The Way to the West » by Emerson Hough
  • After taking over the line the battalion will stand fast aaa.
  • Extract from : « The 116th Battalion in France » by E. P. S. Allen
  • The whole could be had by taking over the stock and machinery at a valuation.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • Guns, with which to forward their cause of taking over all North Africa.
  • Extract from : « Black Man's Burden » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Competition is not necessarily to be eliminated in the taking over of these industries.
  • Extract from : « Twentieth Century Socialism » by Edmond Kelly
  • Are—are you figuring on taking over the planet single-handed?
  • Extract from : « My Fair Planet » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • How about releasing the prisoners, taking over a ship, and blasting off?
  • Extract from : « The Revolt on Venus » by Carey Rockwell

Synonyms for taking over

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