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TAKE CONTROL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does take control mean?
• TAKE CONTROL (verb)
The verb TAKE CONTROL has 1 sense:
1. assume control
Familiarity information: TAKE CONTROL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assume control
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
take charge; take control; take hold
Hypernyms (to "take control" is one way to...):
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take control"):
move in on (seize control of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples
Research into how best to encourage individuals to take control of their health and to engage in healthy practices.
(Health Promotion Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)
April and the first two weeks of May will be exceptionally strong months where you will find you can take control and drive your life precisely where you want it to go.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more identities with distinct patterns of perception and personality which recurrently take control of the person's behavior; this is accompanied by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information that far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness.
(Dissociative Identity Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
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