v.
1.seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
2.take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
3.free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
4.take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
5.take over ownership of
6.do over
7.take up and practice as one's own
8.take up, as of debts or payments
Idiom of the Day
every Tom, Dick and Harry
the average person
The man said that he is not the same as every Tom, Dick and Harry.