takes over
Seizes the reins
Takes over means to assume control or responsibility from someone else.
A new CEO takes over the company, or one employee takes over for another who's leaving.
It can suggest displacement—when a franchise takes over a neighborhood, it pushes out what was there before.
Something that takes over your thoughts dominates them completely.
Comes to have
- buys outPurchases controlling interest
- purchasesGoods obtained for money
- absorbsTakes in fully
- incorporatesMakes part of whole
assimilates · subsumes · swallows · annexes · consolidates · integrates · gains · obtains
Seize without right
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- captureTake into custody
- annexSupplementary building or seizure
occupy · overthrow · supplant · wrest · conquer · overrun · hijack · expropriate
Receives through lineage
- succeedsAccomplishes a goal
- assumesAccepts as true
- ascendsMoves to higher ground
- accedesConsents or complies
replaces · follows · continues · carries on · picks up · crowned · anointed · designated
Conquers by superior force
- consumesTakes in completely
- engulfsSwallows up completely
- pervadesSpreads completely through
- gripsHolds firmly onto
envelops · absorbs · monopolizes · possesses · obsesses · infects · spreads · invades
Moves fast on foot
- operatesControls or manages
- managesDirects or copes
- administersManages or dispenses
- overseesDirects and monitors
directs · handles · steers · supervises · coordinates · captains · pilots · shepherds
acquires
Comes to have
incorporates · assimilates · subsumes · swallows · annexes · consolidates · integrates · gains · obtains · secures
usurp
Seize without right
- commandeerSeize for official purposes
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- captureTake into custody
annex · occupy · overthrow · supplant · wrest · conquer · overrun · hijack · expropriate · appropriate
inherits
Receives through lineage
accedes · replaces · follows · continues · carries on · picks up · crowned · anointed · designated · appointed
overwhelms
Conquers by superior force
grips · envelops · absorbs · monopolizes · possesses · obsesses · infects · spreads · invades · sweeps
runs
Moves fast on foot
- operatesControls or manages
- managesDirects or copes
- administersManages or dispenses
oversees · directs · handles · steers · supervises · coordinates · captains · pilots · shepherds · conducts
takes overrelinquishes
Voluntarily gives up control
hands over · gives up · cedes · surrenders · resigns
takes overretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
recedes · withdraws · shrinks back · fades · subsides
takes oversurrenders
Ceases resistance formally
submits · defers · yields · concedes · capitulates
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