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taken control

taken control is the past participle of take control.

Meaning of take control

Verb

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.
    • 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.2013, Mitch Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 120

Questions about taken control

What is taken control the past participle of?
Taken control is the past participle of take control.

Words near taken control in the dictionary

  1. taken charge
  2. taken check
  3. taken coals to Newcastle
  4. taken cold
  5. taken command
  6. taken control
  7. taken cover
  8. taken credit
  9. taken credit for
  10. taken delight in
  11. taken delivery

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