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take office - assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?" | ||
leave office, step down, resign, quit give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" | ||
take up, start pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration" | ||
accede, enter take on duties or office; "accede to the throne" | ||
take on, adopt, take over, assume take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |