transitive verb
: to assume control or possession of especially from or after another : succeed to the management of : assume charge of or responsibility for
officers … preparing to take over the administration of occupied territories — Bernard Bloch
a perfect handbook … on how to take over and use an honest nationalist government — R.A.Smith
took the family business over when he was thirty
automation is taking us over — John Lear
took over the furniture of the previous tenant
: adopt , borrow
Christianity took over this aspect of Platonism — Bertrand Russell
Romans continued to take over from the Greeks not only their philosophy but their more practical arts — Benjamin Farrington
intransitive verb
1. : to assume control or possession especially by succeeding or supplanting another : take charge
told his assistant to take over for him
placed two loaded pistols on the president's desk and told all who had tarried to listen that he was taking over — New Republic
2. : to displace another : become dominant
saw a new point of view taking over — W.H.Hale
the home is vanishing and the business office is taking over — Eric Sevareid
the late twenties, when the movies took over — Arthur Miller
now his emotional nature took over — H.A.McHugh
transplanted tropical flowers and plants take over completely — Steve Trumbull