TAKEN OVER Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

taken over

verb

past participle of take over

as in stood in

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only I'll take over for her until she gets back from her morning break

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as in accepted

to take to or upon oneself took over the responsibility of caring for the animals

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as in commandeered

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right students protesting the war took over the college's radio station

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Recent Examples of taken over Parents contemplate a future where their children graduate into a world where AI has taken over all entry-level jobs. — Kiryn Hoffman, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Academic performance, attendance, fiscal management and the recruitment and retention of quality teachers are key issues, along with transparency and ethics in a district whose board was taken over by the state 10 years ago. — Sophia Veneziano, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026 The criminal investigation has since been taken over by the office of New York state Attorney General Letitia James. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 The opposition also wants changes to the National Electoral Council, the restoration of political parties whose leadership was taken over through court decisions and guarantees for free and fair elections. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Lane Kiffin has taken over the program as the head coach in 2026 and has no ties to Daniels during his time in Baton Rouge, as Kiffin was the head coach at Ole Miss at the time. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 First championed on the spring 2026 runways at Chloé, Victoria Beckham, and Miu Miu, the sweet, ultra-feminine frock has since taken over street style. — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026 These pictures, taken over the weekend, show the evacuation operation in full swing in the French city of Bordeaux. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 In his absence, the housing project Suley grew up in got taken over by the crime boss known as Prince (Achmed Akkabi). — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026

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Verb

Many challenges stood in between the patent and the final product.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
As red smoke billowed above them, the students stood in front of large gray letters spelling out the school's name, holding a Palestinian flag.

— Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of stood in

Verb

Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Araiza had already punted, but the Raiders accepted the penalty and pushed the Chiefs back into a fourth-and-9.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of accepted

Verb

Such go-fast boats were designed for offshore racing but were later commandeered by drug smugglers in South Florida during the 1980s.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Curious Londoners stopped to figure out why a marching band, a blue bird and a few hundred Americans had suddenly commandeered a stretch of Oxford Street.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of commandeered

Verb

Hossein Amini did another draft and Watkins filled in to direct.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Fourteen sheriff’s office deputies flanked the courtroom and filled in the spaces between Collins’ family and the defendants’ parents while a clerk read the verdict aloud.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of filled in

Verb

Bloomsbury Publishing, which assumed control of the book after merging with Bourne’s previous publisher, returned the rights to the author.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Industry Has Already Faced This Problem Industrial automation has never assumed that instruments, controllers or operators will always behave correctly.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of assumed

Verb

About half of Faux’s dining room, on my visits, seemed to be occupied by the young and beautiful, perhaps strategizing, over moules bouillabaisse, when to move the party to the bar downstairs.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Set at around 4,700 feet where three great Alpine passes converge, Andermatt has occupied an important place on Europe’s map for centuries.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupied

Verb

Sporting Wichita Academy said the tragedy had shaken a soccer community built around families and teammates, thanking first responders, medical workers and bystanders who stepped in to help.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Niki Zucca, president of the Central Elementary PTO, noted her school has a high rate of poverty but Jose stepped in to help.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of stepped in

Verb

Instead, Waymo has undertaken a somewhat manic effort to bring the public around.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
These are some of the longest-running cohort (or group) studies ever undertaken, aimed at tracking how diet and lifestyle affect long-term health and disease risk.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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