take-charge
adjective
able or seemingly able to take charge.
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take chargeAssume 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]
take-charge
American
[teyk-chahrj]
/ ˈteɪkˈtʃɑrdʒ /
adjective
take charge
Idioms
Example Sentences
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Yet what they have rarely had is a take-charge locker-room leader.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023
But the take-charge instincts from his business side served him well in times of crisis.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023
She approaches her own life with a similar take-charge attitude, knowing her own worth.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2022
The Mariners would like to see Kelenic become more of a take-charge guy in center field.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Even before he started talking to Reggie and his mom, Mary Jane struck Rindlisbacher as a take-charge kind of person.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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