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take charge |
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take charge (of someone or something) to take (over) control of someone or something. The president came in late and took charge of the meeting. When the new manager took charge, things really began to happen. take charge (of something) to do something to control a situation or organization Germany, Switzerland, and France still have the best teams, and they will take charge of these games. When the union needed someone to clean up its finances, I took charge of the whole mess. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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General Armstrong asked me to take charge of the night-school, and I did so. If Miss Lackland, who is my partner, has seen fit to take charge of the Flibberty-Gibbet, why, it is all right. In company with Campbell's convoy was a trapping party of the Rocky Mountain Company, headed by Fitzpatrick; who, after Campbell's embarkation on the Bighorn, was to take charge of all the horses, and proceed on a trapping campaign. |
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