Usually means: Assume control and lead decisively.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. take-charge, take charge: Merriam-Webster
  2. take charge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. take-charge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. take charge: Vocabulary.com
  5. take-charge: Wordnik
  6. take charge: Wiktionary
  7. take-charge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. take-charge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. take-charge: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. take-charge, take charge: Dictionary.com
  11. Take Charge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. take charge: Rhymezone
  13. take charge: FreeDictionary.org
  14. take charge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. take-charge, take charge: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take charge: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. take charge: Legal dictionary

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  1. take charge: Idioms

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▸ verb:  Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving informal command over a group of people.

Similar:
take control, take hold, take command, take the reins, take the lead, take the wheel, run the show, take the helm, head up, lean in, more...

Opposite:
abdicate, relinquish, surrender, yield

Phrases:
take in charge, take charge of, to take charge, to take charge of, the power to act or take charge, more...

Adjectives:
nait, go, try, taking, like, own, takeaway, take-away, apply, deal, cotton

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Similar:
take control, take hold, take command, take the reins, take the lead, take the wheel, run the show, take the helm, head up, lean in, more...

Opposite:
abdicate, relinquish, surrender, yield

Phrases:
take in charge, take charge of, to take charge, to take charge of, the power to act or take charge, more...

Adjectives:
nait, go, try, taking, like, own, takeaway, take-away, apply, deal, cotton



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