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Definition of Take charge
1. Verb. Assume control.
Definition of Take charge
1. Verb. to assume control or responsibility ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Charge
Literary usage of Take charge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1775 Mr. Eyre returned to England to take charge of the Stella mission near
Newcastle, on the invitation of his kinsman, Thomas Eyre. ..."
2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"At this time express companies had not been established, and Mr. Smith was called
upon to take charge of bank exchanges and other moneyed transactions ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"It did not undertake to invest any officer or agent of the Department with
authority to go into a state and without its assent take charge of the ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"General Upton's division to Augusta, General McCook'e division to Tallahassee,
to receive the surrender of those garrisons, take charge of the public ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"Appellees prayed in their bill for an accounting to show the correct balance due
appellant, for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the property ..."
6. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"In December of that year he was ordered as chief engineer to take charge of a
government survey of the Panama route. At the request of the Nicaragua ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"In 1775 Mr. Eyre returned to England to take charge of the Stella mission near
Newcastle, on the invitation of his kinsman, Thomas Eyre. ..."
8. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"At this time express companies had not been established, and Mr. Smith was called
upon to take charge of bank exchanges and other moneyed transactions ..."
9. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"It did not undertake to invest any officer or agent of the Department with
authority to go into a state and without its assent take charge of the ..."
10. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"General Upton's division to Augusta, General McCook'e division to Tallahassee,
to receive the surrender of those garrisons, take charge of the public ..."
11. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"Appellees prayed in their bill for an accounting to show the correct balance due
appellant, for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the property ..."
12. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"In December of that year he was ordered as chief engineer to take charge of a
government survey of the Panama route. At the request of the Nicaragua ..."
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