英和和英

動詞

take control (third-person singular simple present takes control, present participle taking control, simple past took control, past participle taken control)

1. To assume control, to gain power over someone or something.
   • 2013, Mitch Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 120:

     She'd seen a doctor who’d prescribed Subutex, a drug-replacement treatment designed to wean the user off heroin. It had made her throw up. I was so relieved and told her how proud I was of her for taking control.

   • 2024 July 10, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:

     The Netherlands, who saw Denzel Dumfries' header hit the bar before the break, took control after the break and it required important interventions from keeper Jordan Pickford to keep England level.