take over

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• verb idiomatic to assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp
• verb idiomatic to adopt a further responsibility or duty
• verb idiomatic to relieve someone temporarily
• verb idiomatic to buy out the ownership of a business
• verb idiomatic to appropriate something without permission
• verb idiomatic to annex a territory by conquest or invasion
• verb idiomatic, intransitive To become more successful than someone or something else.