take control
verb1
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:
- 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.2024 July 10, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
- Synonyms
- take charge, take command, take the reins
- Antonyms
- lose control