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English for Tourism & Hospitality (107) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

2. Take over = to buy out the ownership of a company

(transitive) When one company buys the majority of shares in another
company in order to control it
 Our company has been taken over by a British conglomerate.
 They tried to take over their main competitor to have less

competition in the market.

3. Take over = to conquer

(transitive) Take over can also mean conquer, especially in historical
situations (a king taking over another country).
 Gibraltar was taken over by a Castilian force in August 1462.
 The government was taken over by the rebel forces.

TAKE AFTER – phrasal verb – meanings and
examples

The English phrasal verb TAKE AFTER has the following
meanings:

1. Take after (someone) = to resemble (someone) in
appearance or habit

(transitive – inseparable) This phrasal verb is used when you
want to say that someone looks like an older member of the
family, usually their mother or father. This similarity is either of
physical appearance, temperament, a habit or general

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