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View definitions for take over

take over

verb as in annex

verb as in assume

verb as in cover

verb as in expropriate

verb as in inherit

verb as in spell

noun as in annexation

noun as in appropriation

noun as in coup d'état

noun as in requisition

noun as in takeover bid

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Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.

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The British took over the Naga areas in 1832 and, in 1873, introduced a special permission for travellers – called the Inner Line Permit – to strictly control access to the region.

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And Biden and his aides have publicly pledged to set in motion as much help for Ukraine as possible before Trump takes over.

"I was completely shocked when I saw the reality of the Taliban take over," she says.

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When he took over, the exchange rate was 460 naira to the US dollar.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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