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Phrasal verb #006 'Take Over'

Posted by: Total English | 24/08/2011.

Take over

(1) To become more important than something else

For example “Computers are taking over from books”

(2) To get control of a country, state or political party

For example “In the film, aliens take over the world”

(3) To gain control of another business, to buy them.

For example “Gol will take over E-Jet in September”