Definition: take up, as of debts or payments
Usage: absorb the costs for something
Main entry: take over, buy out, buy up
Definition: take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
Main entry: take over, seize, usurp, assume, arrogate
Definition: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Usage: He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town; he usurped my rights; She seized control of the throne after her husband died
Main entry: bear, accept, assume, take over
Definition: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Usage: I'll accept the charges; She agreed to bear the responsibility
Main entry: take over, take up, borrow, adopt
Definition: take up and practice as one's own
Main entry: assume, adopt, take on, take over
Definition: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
Usage: When will the new President assume office?
Main entry: relieve, take over
Definition: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Definition: do over
Usage: They would like to take it over again