take over

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar assumir o controle, a responsabilidade ou a posse de algo, normalmente substituindo outra pessoa.

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

incontável · verbo irregular · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separável

1. formal

   To assume control or responsibility for something from someone else.

   Assumir o controle

   • 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.

   Sinônimosassumeinherittake chargetake control

   Antônimosabdicatecedeforfeitrelinquishrenounceresignsurrenderyield

2. Become dominantinformal

   To become more powerful or important than something else.

   Tornar-se dominante

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

   Sinônimosdominateeclipseovershadowpredominateprevailsupersedesupplant

Verbo basetake