Synonyms for take over
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1. assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogateverb

   seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession

   "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"

   Synonyms:
   usurp, attach, sequester, capture, simulate, acquire, absorb, impound, don, put on, take, take for granted, lay claim, adopt, strike, borrow, get hold of, assume, prehend, relieve, assign, repeat, claim, presume, arrogate, confiscate, get into, sham, seize, clutch, grab, buy up, appropriate, accept, take on, feign, wear, conquer, buy out, take up, bear

2. assume, adopt, take on, take oververb

   take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

   "When will the new President assume office?"

   Synonyms:
   usurp, take in, embrace, absorb, buy up, espouse, simulate, acquire, undertake, don, put on, sweep up, take, take for granted, adopt, strike, borrow, meet, assume, admit, relieve, play, encounter, repeat, presume, arrogate, get into, sham, follow, seize, dramatise, tackle, accept, take on, feign, wear, dramatize, buy out, take up, bear

3. take over, relieveverb

   free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

   Synonyms:
   repeat, adopt, buy up, arrogate, relieve, accept, unbosom, assuage, take on, excuse, still, palliate, free, assume, ease, absorb, allay, let off, remedy, take up, usurp, alleviate, salve, exempt, salvage, seize, buy out, borrow, bear, lighten, save

4. bear, take over, accept, assumeverb

   take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person

   "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"

   Synonyms:
   usurp, digest, swallow, abide, buy up, comport, tolerate, bear, don, have a bun in the oven, support, acquire, live with, behave, simulate, put on, endure, put up, take, stick out, adopt, expect, borrow, take for granted, deport, assume, pay, relieve, presume, repeat, go for, buy out, carry, get into, sham, stomach, birth, hold, seize, have, deliver, acquit, brook, yield, turn out, conduct, suffer, contain, stand, accept, gestate, take on, feign, wear, strike, admit, absorb, take up, give birth, consent, arrogate

5. take over, buy out, buy upverb

   take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

   Synonyms:
   seize, relieve, buy out, usurp, take up, absorb, buy up, adopt, repeat, take on, assume, borrow, bear, accept, arrogate

6. repeat, take oververb

   do over

   "They would like to take it over again"

   Synonyms:
   repeat, reiterate, adopt, duplicate, arrogate, relieve, accept, absorb, recapitulate, buy up, reprize, assume, restate, recur, bear, take on, echo, take up, ingeminate, usurp, reprise, retell, replicate, seize, buy out, borrow, iterate, reduplicate, double

7. adopt, borrow, take over, take upverb

   take up and practice as one's own

   Synonyms:
   usurp, take in, suck up, seize on, resume, buy up, espouse, acquire, hook on, imbibe, suck in, lift out, sweep up, take, sorb, adopt, strike, borrow, assume, relieve, scoop up, repeat, scoop, buy out, embrace, fasten on, arrogate, soak up, sop up, suck, follow, seize, start, dramatise, latch on, draw, accept, take on, absorb, dramatize, take up, scoop out, bear

8. absorb, take oververb

   take up, as of debts or payments

   "absorb the costs for something"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, adopt, occupy, arrogate, relieve, sop up, accept, assimilate, engross, take on, buy up, draw, assume, bear, borrow, engage, take in, immerse, ingest, usurp, repeat, plunge, soak up, imbibe, steep, buy out, take up, suck up, seize, absorb, suck

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1. Kira Rudik:

   Because with your support, with your protection, we will win, and we will be living in a world where one country can not take over another country just because of the political reasons of a crazy tyrant.

2. Donald Trump:

   We get a lot of bad court decisions from the 9th Circuit, which has become a big thorn in our side, we always lose, and then President Donald Trump on Thanksgiving lose again and again, and then President Donald Trump on Thanksgiving hopefully win at the Supreme Court, which we have done. But Supreme Court's a terrible thing when judges take over President Donald Trump on Thanksgiving protective services, when they tell President Donald Trump on Thanksgiving how to protect President Donald Trump on Thanksgiving border.

3. David Howman:

   It would be nice to see these things through but you know you have to leave at some stage so you've got to be committed to saying, OK it's time, i've left in place a team that is extremely competent they can take over and do it as well as I could have.

4. Himanta Biswa Sarma:

   Their entire idea is to take over the state, suppressing our voice and suppressing our culture, that's why this election will be a counter to that communal propaganda. We are all for Indian Muslims and they are with us.

5. Bruce Arians:

   A number of people have already asked, 'Why are you stepping away from a chance to go to the Hall of Fame and win another Super Bowl?' Because I don't give a s--- about the Hall of Fame, succession is way important to me. This has been my dream for a long time. Guys that know me, they knew I wanted one of my guys to take over.