take control

English

Verb

take control (third-person singular simple present takes control, present participle taking control, simple past took control, past participle taken control)

1. To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.
   • 2013, Mitch Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 120:

     She'd seen a doctor who’d prescribed Subutex, a drug-replacement treatment designed to wean the user off heroin. It had made her throw up. I was so relieved and told her how proud I was of her for taking control.

   • 2024 July 10, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:

     The Netherlands, who saw Denzel Dumfries' header hit the bar before the break, took control after the break and it required important interventions from keeper Jordan Pickford to keep England level.

Synonyms

• take charge, take command, take the reins

Antonyms

• lose control

Translations

to assume control

• Bulgarian: грижа се за (griža se za)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掛帥／挂帅 (zh) (guàshuài)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ottaa ohjat käsiinsä, ottaa johtoonsa, ottaa vastuulleen
• French: prendre en charge (fr), prendre la direction, prendre les rênes (fr)
• German: die Führung übernehmen, das Kommando übernehmen, die Zügel ergreifen
• Greek:

  Ancient: εἰς χεῖρας λαβεῖν (eis kheîras labeîn) (+ accusative)

• Italian: prendere le redini
• Portuguese: tomar as rédeas, tomar conta (pt), assumir o controle (Brazil), assumir o controlo (Portugal)
• Russian: взять под контроль (vzjatʹ pod kontrolʹ), брать бразды́ правле́ния (bratʹ brazdý pravlénija)
• Spanish: tomar las riendas, hacerse cargo
• Turkish: dizginleri eline almak (tr), ipleri eline almak

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పగ్గాలు అందుకొను (paggālu andukonu)