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take over
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Date: Nov 03 2011

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Quote

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“I was gonna go get another piece of pizza. Could you take over for me?”

- Mason asking Devan to do him a favor.

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Definition

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do something for someone or something else

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

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You can’t really watch the news without hearing the phrase take over. When a new president is elected, he or she takes over the government. When one company buys another, they take it over.

When you take something over, you assume control of it. You do the job someone else used to do. But it isn’t just politicians and businessmen who take things over. You can take over anything someone else was doing before you.

Mason is playing a video game and wants to get some pizza. He asks Devan to take over, so she sits down and starts playing. Dale walks up and says he would like to take over the game. When Mason comes back, he wants to take over again, but Dale won’t let him.

Can you think of a time when you took over for someone else?

Examples

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“The new vice president took over the marketing division of the company.”

“If you get tired of driving, I can take over.”

“Kobe took over the roll of best basketball player in the world when Jordan retired.”

Winners

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	To replace someone while she/he is gone. by candycandice
	To replace him , while he is going out to get his pizza by julito
	To assume control, management, or responsibility by wwongsapun
	Handle something for someone when he's away or busy by cubi1604
	To assume the control or management of or the responsibility for. by Bojana

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Mohammad Saleem

Afghanistan

Every society need people who voluntarily want to take over responsibilities of each other inorder to make the society bright and prosper

crystalya

China

to do what others did

hadjidji

Algeria

at this moment i’m taking over my parent’s responsability’s cause they’re not at home and i’m the elder one

javier_man

Mexico

I have so many responsabilities that I’d like to find some take over for me

AlexisSilva

Mexico

Think I’ve never taken over anything.

(obviously I have taken over something in mylife but cannot remember right now,

it’s just an exemple)

Romio79

Russian Federation

I have the same problem right now))

Christianny

Brazil

I need vacations from my job. But i can’t find anybody to take it over!

is anybody interested?

ahmedghieth9

Egypt

cool

whipiry

South Korea

I’ll take over something someone else has done.

kenlin16

Taiwan

I don’t usually take over thing for people because I prefer to let them do things by themselves unless they ask me to. However, people usually give you the things they don’t like to do.

PRISCILA18

Colombia

I took over the English teacher in my work!!!

413918092

China

do something that someone else was doing before

La Princesse de la vie

Egypt

hmmm

Really I don’t remember if I took over something for somebody some day or not.

but I know for sure that I entirely like to do all my things by myself but I don’t mind helping others by taking over things for them .

Nicte ha

Mexico

I’m here to take it over, don’t worry any more

piskotharry

Slovakia

I take over the Hauswork after my girlfriend to help her ‘cos she travels to work and back home one hour and comes always so tired.Taking it over is very helpfull for her…

:-)))