taken control
Assumed the helm
Taken control is the past participle of take control, meaning to assume command or authority over something.
Someone who has taken control is now directing or managing a situation, organization, or process: By morning, rebel forces had taken control of the capital.
The phrase often implies seizing power from others or stepping in when leadership was absent or failing.
- seizedTook suddenly, forcefully
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
- power grabAttempt to seize control
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
command · expropriation · management · dominance · annexation · authority · conquest · coup · power · coercion · strongarm · leadership · at the helm · in charge · claiming · sway · governance · leverage
taken controlabdicated
Relinquished power formally
let go · handed over · delegated · stepped down · given away
taken controlsubmitted
Formally gave for consideration
surrendered · capitulated · yielded · deferred · acquiesced
taken controllost control
Failed to maintain composure
gone haywire · fallen apart · unraveled · collapsed · disintegrated
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