English Dictionary

take over

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over. / To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp. / To adopt a further responsibility or duty.

The company plans to take over its competitor.

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.

He took the car over to the garage.

意味（2）

To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.

In Rio de Janeiro, thousands protested in a gritty area far from the city’s upscale seaside districts. In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.

意味（3）

To adopt a further responsibility or duty.

He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retires.

意味（4）

To relieve someone temporarily.

McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.

意味（5）

To buy out the ownership of a business.

Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.

意味（6）

To appropriate something without permission.

意味（7）

To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.

Ancient Rome took over lands throughout the known world.

意味（8）

(transitive, intransitive) To become more successful (than someone or something else).

Buzz Lightyear has taken over Woody as the most popular children's toy.