take-charge

American  

[teyk-chahrj] / ˈteɪkˈtʃɑrdʒ /

adjective

1. able or seemingly able to take charge.

   She is a take-charge management type.

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take charge Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Szőke, meanwhile, is stunning in her first major film role, radiating bold, beyond-her-age smarts and heaving insecurity with flinty, take-charge magnetism — it’s light-years from the pathos-driven portrayals of Holocaust-scarred youths we so often get, but no less touching for how energetic it is.

From Los Angeles Times

But the take-charge instincts from his business side served him well in times of crisis.

From Washington Post

Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died at his Brentwood home.

From Los Angeles Times

Richard J. Riordan, the take-charge venture capitalist who as mayor shepherded Los Angeles’ rebound from the 1992 riots, expanded its Police Department and masterminded its recovery from the Northridge earthquake, has died, according to family members.

From Los Angeles Times

That much is clear in her take-charge reappearance at the Manhattan penthouse the day after his death, decked out in black from the funerary fascinator in her hair to her smart heels.

From Salon

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