take over

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of TAKE OVER

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only <I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break>

Synonyms fill in, pinch-hit, stand in, step in, sub, substitute, take over

Related Words understudy; relieve, spell; double (as)

to take to or upon oneself <took over the responsibility of caring for the animals>

Synonyms accept, bear, shoulder, take over, undertake

Related Words adopt, embrace, take up; advocate, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), espouse, stand by, support, uphold; accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consent; reaccept, reassume

Near Antonyms abjure, recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw; decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down; abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from); avoid, bypass, detour; abandon, abnegate, forsake, give up, relinquish, spurn, surrender; back down, back off, backtrack

Antonyms disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right <students protesting the war took over the college's radio station>

Synonyms arrogate, commandeer, convert, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp

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