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take office

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take office
to begin serving as an elected or appointed official. When did the mayor take office? All the elected officials took office just after the election.
See also: office, take


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And this, as I imagine, is the reason why the forwardness to take office, instead of waiting to be compelled, has been deemed dishonourable.
 
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