take over

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61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oorneem — to assume control
• Catalan: apoderar — to assume control
• Chinese Mandarin: 接管 (jiēguǎn) — to assume control
• Chinese Mandarin: 接手 (jiēshǒu) — to assume control
• Chinese Mandarin: 佔領 /占领 (zhànlǐng) — to assume control
• Dutch: overnemen — to assume control
• Finnish: ottaa haltuunsa — to assume control
• French: reprendre — to assume control
• German: übernehmen — to assume control
• Icelandic: taka við — to assume control
• Italian: usurpare — to assume control
• Japanese: 引き受ける (hikiukeru) — to assume control
• Central Kurdish: گرتنەدەس (girtnedes) — to assume control
• Norwegian Bokmål: overta — to assume control
• Portuguese: tomar posse de — to assume control
• Portuguese: apoderar-se de — to assume control
• Portuguese: assumir controle de — to assume control
• Russian: брать на себя́ (bratʹ na sebjá) — to assume control
• Russian: взять на себя́ (vzjatʹ na sebjá) — to assume control
• Slovak: zmocniť sa — to assume control
• Slovak: ovládnuť — to assume control
• Spanish: apoderarse — to assume control
• Spanish: enseñorearse — to assume control
• Spanish: adueñarse — to assume control
• Catalan: assumir — to adopt a further responsibility
• Finnish: ottaa haltuunsa — to adopt a further responsibility
• French: assumer — to adopt a further responsibility
• Galician: asumir — to adopt a further responsibility
• German: übernehmen — to adopt a further responsibility
• Italian: assumere — to adopt a further responsibility
• Norwegian Bokmål: overta — to adopt a further responsibility
• Portuguese: assumir — to adopt a further responsibility
• Slovak: prevziať — to adopt a further responsibility
• Finnish: toimia sijaisena — to relieve someone temporarily
• French: remplacer — to relieve someone temporarily
• Italian: incaricare — to relieve someone temporarily
• Norwegian Bokmål: overta — to relieve someone temporarily
• Slovak: prevziať — to relieve someone temporarily
• Finnish: ostaa — to buy out
• Italian: acquisire — to buy out
• Norwegian Bokmål: overta — to buy out
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøpe ut — to buy out
• Russian: приобрести (priobresti) — to buy out
• Slovak: prevziať — to buy out
• Finnish: vallata — to appropriate without permission
• Italian: appropriarsi — to appropriate without permission
• Slovak: zmocniť sa — to appropriate without permission
• Finnish: valloittaa — to annex a territory
• Finnish: vallata — to annex a territory
• Italian: impossessarsi — to annex a territory
• Italian: annettere — to annex a territory
• Norwegian Bokmål: ta over — to annex a territory
• Norwegian Bokmål: annektere — to annex a territory
• Russian: аннексировать (anneksirovatʹ) — to annex a territory
• Russian: захватить (zaxvatitʹ) — to annex a territory
• Slovak: ovládnuť — to annex a territory
• Finnish: tulla joksikin — to become more successful than someone or something else
• Italian: prendere il posto — to become more successful than someone or something else
• Norwegian Bokmål: overta — to become more successful than someone or something else
• Slovak: vystriedať — to become more successful than someone or something else
• Slovak: predstihnúť — to become more successful than someone or something else