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
know (something) backwards and forwards
to know something very well
I know the names of the people in my history class backwards and forwards.