taking over

present participle and gerund of take over

To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
To relieve someone temporarily.
To buy out the ownership of a business.
To appropriate something without permission.
To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.
(intransitive, transitive) To become more successful than (someone or something else).
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.