Definitions of take over:

verb: take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
verb: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
verb: take up, as of debts or payments
verb: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
verb: do over
verb: take up and practice as one's own
verb: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
verb: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities