take-charge

[ teyk-chahrj ]

adjective

1. able or seemingly able to take charge:

   She is a take-charge management type.

Idioms and Phrases

Assume control, command, or responsibility, as in I'll take charge of selling the tickets if you'll do the publicity , or They're not happy about the counselor who took charge of the children . [Late 1300s]

Example Sentences

Want to be a domineering jerk and take charge of things on the Internet and yell at people who disagree with you?

From The Daily Beast

Can you imagine an American broadcasting company asking an Englishman to take charge of it?

From The Daily Beast

I hope that somehow she can see herself in me and take charge if there are any possibilities.

From The Daily Beast

The Ukrainian revolution is a powerful example of the capacity of a people to take charge of its own destiny.

From The Daily Beast

So I started to take charge when anybody got hurt playing ball.

From The Daily Beast

Bidding a young bank manager take charge of the detachment, Frank led the newcomer rapidly to headquarters.

From Project Gutenberg

He was further instructed to hand over his consulate archives to the British Consul, who would take charge of American interests.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'll take charge of this, Captain Dobson," he brusquely informed the red-faced numskull.

From Project Gutenberg

I hoped Daddy would get my letter and come and take charge of the search himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Buy up the men, maybe, and start fights, and be sort of forced to take charge so's to get my drive through.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• appoint
• authorize
• call for
• direct
• require
• tell