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take charge

take charge

 
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charge
part of speech: phrase
definition: to assume power over and responsibility for something or someone (often fol. by "of").
When the manager is ill, the head waiter takes charge of the restaurant.The business is doing fine now, but who will take charge after I retire?After my mother passed away, I had to take charge of my brothers and sisters.