takes the wheel
Starts to steer
Takes the wheel means to assume control, especially of a vehicle or situation.
Literally, it's grasping a steering wheel to drive: She was tired, so I took the wheel for the last hundred miles.
Figuratively, it describes assuming leadership or responsibility: After the founder retired, his daughter took the wheel.
- in the driver's seatHaving control or authority
- governExercise political control
- call the shotsExercise ultimate authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
steer · helm · at the helm · orchestrate · maneuver · guide · direct · manage · chart · oversee · orient · preside · supervise · drive · administer · navigator · regulate · dependable
responsibility transfer
takes the wheelhands off
Forbidding contact or meddling
steps aside · lets go · abdicates · passes the buck · checks out
take, takes, taken, taking, taker, takers, wheel, wheels, wheeled