Dictionary

take control en · VERB

Meanings

1. To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.
   • 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. 2024 July 10, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
   • 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. 2013, Mitch Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 120:

Forms

Antonyms

lose control

Synonyms

take command · take the reins · take charge

Translations (25)

de die Zügel ergreifen (to assume control) · grc εἰς χεῖρας λαβεῖν (to assume control) · it prendere le redini (to assume control) · pt tomar conta (to assume control) · pl przejmować kontrolę (to assume control) · es tomar las riendas (to assume control) · ru взять под контроль (to assume control) · fi ottaa vastuulleen (to assume control) · de das Kommando übernehmen (to assume control) · de die Führung übernehmen (to assume control) · es hacerse cargo (to assume control) · bg грижа се за (to assume control) · ru брать бразды́ правле́ния (to assume control) · pl przejąć kontrolę (to assume control) · fr prendre en charge (to assume control) · pt assumir o controle (to assume control) · fr prendre la direction (to assume control) · pt tomar as rédeas (to assume control) · tr ipleri eline almak (to assume control) · tr dizginleri eline almak (to assume control) · fr prendre les rênes (to assume control) · cmn 掛帥 /挂帅 (to assume control) · fi ottaa ohjat käsiinsä (to assume control) · fi ottaa johtoonsa (to assume control) · pt assumir o controlo (to assume control)