Take Over Verb Definition. From longman business dictionary take over something phrasal verb [ intransitive, transitive] 1 to take control of something who will take over when the managing director resigns? It has been suggested that mammals took over from dinosaurs 65 million years ago. She took over management of this department last winter.
Begin doing something someone else was doing; To get control of something, or to do something instead of someone else: The english phrasal verb take over has the following meanings:
Try not to let negative thoughts take over. I have decided to take over the business now.
‘british troops had taken over the german trenches’. He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town;
The company has been taken over by a multinational corporation. Definition of take over (entry 2 of 2) transitive verb.
‘in 1938 the nazis took over’. To begin to have control of or responsibility for something, especially in place of someone else.
Definition of take over (phrasal verb): Take over / teɪk ˈəʊvə / verb to take over something such as a company or country means to gain control of it. ‘in 1938 the nazis took over’.
It has been suggested that mammals took over from dinosaurs 65 million years ago. He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town; Take over = to begin control control (transitive) when someone begins to have control of something and is in charge of responsibilities, people, or duties.
Take over (something) phrasal verb with take verb [ t ] us / teɪk / past tense took us / tʊk /. To get control of something, or to do something instead of someone else: He’s taken over the spare bedroom for his model railroad.
Take over (from something) to become bigger or more important than something else; Take as one's right or possession; The drug companies take over the research for the clinical trials.
1 also take something over, take over somethingassume control of something. He’s taken over the spare. The company has been taken over by a multinational corporation.