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

To columnist Steve Lopez, the firing of the Los Angeles Fire Department chief looks like an act of political desperation as much as a take-charge moment by Bass.

From Los Angeles Times

But to me, the firing looks like an act of political desperation as much as a take-charge moment by Bass.

From Los Angeles Times

And they all focus on tough, take-charge women — often women whose commitment to what they know or think is right can make them a little hard to live with.

From New York Times

Whatever financial pain Trump now faces was rivaled by the damage the decision dealt to his ego and to his image as a jet-setting billionaire and take-charge chief executive, a carefully crafted public face that helped to vault him first into reality-television stardom and then into the White House.

From New York Times

O’Hoppe played 51 games last season, hit 14 home runs, and drew raves from the pitchers for his defensive aptitude and take-charge attitude.

From Los Angeles Times

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