taking charge
taking charge is the present participle and gerund of take charge.
Meaning of take charge
Verb
take charge (third-person singular simple present takes charge, present participle taking charge, simple past took charge, past participle taken charge)
- Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving informal command over a group of people.
- The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- take control
Questions about taking charge
- What is taking charge the present participle and gerund of?
- Taking charge is the present participle and gerund of take charge.
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