Dictionary
took over
Meaning
simple past of take over
take over
- 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.
- 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 become more successful (than someone or something else).
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