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take charge

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. take hold, take charge, take controlverb

    assume control

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  1. take chargeverb

    to assume control or responsibility

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  1. Take Charge

    Take the Charge is a government program that provides free family planning and pregnancy prevention services to low-income residents of Washington state. The program expands Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals whose income is 200% or lower than the federal poverty level (FPL). By reducing the prevalence of unintended pregnancies, the goal of the program is to improve public health while reducing Federal and State Medicaid costs of unplanned pregnancies and their consequences. As of November 2007, there were 200 clinics in Washington providing the program's services.

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  1. take charge

    To take charge means to assume control or responsibility for something or someone. It often involves making decisions, managing situations, and directing or supervising others.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of take charge in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of take charge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of take charge in a Sentence

  1. Andres Manuel Lopez:

    If Trump sends out an offensive tweet, I will take charge and answer him.

  2. Siddharth Astir:

    A perfect leader is like the nose..... Always leads from the front however knows when to let others take charge

  3. Valerie Montgomery Rice:

    It is time for us to take charge of what is happening in our communities and lead by example, the Morehouse School of Medicine was founded 47 years ago to do exactly this to take care of our community.

  4. Aarti Thakur:

    I don't want to be called a victim all my life, if I want to change the situation, I'm the only person who will take charge of it, nobody else can make it happen for me.

  5. Devin Nunes:

    I believe it is in the best interests of the House Intelligence Committee and the Congress for me to have Rep. Mike Conaway, with assistance from Reps. Trey Gowdy and Tom Rooney, temporarily take charge of the committee's Russia investigation while the House Ethics Committee looks into this matter. I will continue to fulfill all my other responsibilities as committee chairman.


Translations for take charge

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  • грижа се заBulgarian
  • hacerse cargoSpanish
  • prendre la direction, prendre en chargeFrench
  • prendere controlloItalian
  • взять на себя ответственностьRussian

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