taken over

verb

Definition of taken overnext
past participle of take over
1
as in stood in
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break

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2
as in accepted
to take to or upon oneself took over the responsibility of caring for the animals

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3
as in commandeered
to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right students protesting the war took over the college's radio station

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken over
  1. accepted
  2. commandeered
  3. undertaken
  4. occupied
  5. assumed
  6. invaded
  7. seized
  8. grabbed
Verb
  • Yoon soon after accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun, who was described as the architect of Yoon's plan.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Once you are accepted, you will be contacted by a legacy ambassador to set up a time to visit Beam’s Clermont campus to pick a barrel.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of accepted
Verb
  • The rebels commandeered police headquarters and a number of military airports, along with several neighboring villages.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The company has since commandeered the AI boom, most famously through the release of ChatGPT.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of commandeered
Verb
  • Fisheries managers around the Great Lakes have undertaken similar coregonine restoration efforts.
    Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This 1,150 mile trip will be followed a full-scale, multi-thousand mile range mission undertaken by the vehicle.
    Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of undertaken
Verb
  • Huckabee has advocated for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967, and has backed Israeli settlers in the territory.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In early 2023, Greenpeace activists boarded and occupied a Shell floating production, storage and offloading vessel while it was being transported in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of occupied
Verb
  • Babies with only one umbilical artery are at risk of being born small, but Naomi, her daughter, weighed over 6 pounds, so she was assumed to be fine.
    Nancy Borowick, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Stern, who assumed leadership of the museum in 2008, will serve as board president and senior adviser.
    News Desk, Artforum, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of assumed
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  • In the late 1970s, China invaded Vietnam, whereas Russia had been involved in Ukraine prior to 2022, as well as in operations in its southern Chechen region, in Georgia in 2008, and formally waded into the Syrian Civil War in 2015.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Israel invaded southern Lebanon in October as part of an escalation of their conflict with Hezbollah.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of invaded
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  • Laboratory analysis also identified heroin among the drugs seized.
    Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Then came the drive for reparations and restitution, which not only sought to compensate for the unimaginable suffering but also for the property seized by the Nazis.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of seized
Verb
  • Murray grabbed his jacket and walked out again.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Penny, a passenger on his way from a college class to the gym, grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold, forced him to the train floor and restrained him there for several minutes.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of grabbed
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