take over

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la asunción del control, la responsabilidad o la posesión de algo que antes pertenecía a otra persona o entidad.

A phrasal verb used to indicate assuming control, responsibility, or possession of something from someone else.

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. formal

   To assume control or responsibility for something from someone else.

   asumir el control

   • She will take over the company after her father retires.
   • The new manager took over the department last month.
   • He took over the project when his colleague fell ill.

   Sinónimosassumeinherittake chargetake control

   Antónimosabdicatecedeforfeitrelinquishrenounceresignsurrenderyield

2. Become dominantinformal

   To become more powerful or important than something else.

   imponerse

   • The new technology is taking over the market.
   • Fear took over his mind during the storm.
   • Social media has taken over our daily lives.

   Sinónimosdominateeclipseovershadowpredominateprevailsupersedesupplant

Verbo basetake