take over

1. To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.

   übernehmen

   брать на себя́bratʹ na sebjá, взять на себя́vzjatʹ na sebjá

2. To adopt a further responsibility or duty.

   He will take over the job permanently when the accountant retires.

   übernehmen

3. To relieve someone temporarily.

   My husband is taking over the accounts department during the holiday period, while the chief accountant is away.

   If you will take over driving, I'd like to get some sleep.

   free someone temporarily from his or her obligations

4. To buy out the ownership of a business.

   Acme Motors is to take Jetcar Industries over this week, if all goes as planned.

   приобрестиpriobresti

5. To appropriate something without permission.

6. To annex a territory by conquest or invasion; to conquer.

   Ancient Rome took over lands throughout the known world.

   аннексироватьanneksirovatʹ, захватитьzaxvatitʹ

7. (intransitive, transitive)To become more successful than (someone or something else).

   Buzz Lightyear has taken over Woody as the most popular children's toy.

   Tiger Woods has taken over as the top golfer.

8. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.

   He took the car over to the garage.

   take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

1. It takes over 40 minutes to boil an emu egg.

   Щоб зварити яйце ему потрібно більше ніж 40 хвилин.

   deEs dauert über 40 Minuten, ein Emuei zu kochen.

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2. I took over my father's job.

   deIch habe den Beruf meines Vaters übernommen.

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3. He took over his father's business.

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4. Do you want to take over?

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5. I need you to take over.

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irregular · Lesson

• take upпіднімати, братисяTo pick up.
• take offзняти, зніматиTo remove.
• take outприбрати, видалитиTo remove.
• take onвзяти, братиTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.
• take inпіднімати, братисяTo receive.
• take downпідвести, підводитиTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
• take backвідкликати, згадуватиTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
• take overперевищувати, перевершитиTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.