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taking control

taking control is the present participle and gerund 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 taking control

What is taking control the present participle and gerund of?
Taking control is the present participle and gerund of take control.

Words near taking control in the dictionary

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

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