take command

English

Verb

take command (third-person singular simple present takes command, present participle taking command, simple past took command, past participle taken command)

1. Synonym of take control, especially in situations involving a role with formal command over a group of people.
   • 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC‎:

     Fabio Capello's out of sorts side looked to be heading for a damaging defeat and a heavy blow to their hopes of reaching Poland and Ukraine next summer as Switzerland deservedly took command.