Meaning

• To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.

• To adopt a further responsibility or duty.

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

• To relieve someone temporarily.

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

• To buy out the ownership of a business.

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

• To appropriate something without permission.

• To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.

  "Ancient Rome took over lands throughout the known world."

• To become more successful (than someone or something else).

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