The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ANNEX , but the solution may also be RETAPE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Take over crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANNEX | 21 % | 5 |
| COOPT | 19 % | 5 |
| USURP | 15 % | 5 |
| STEPIN | 13 % | 6 |
| SEIZE | 9 % | 5 |
| OCCUPY | 4 % | 6 |
| INFEST | 4 % | 6 |
| ADOPT | 2 % | 5 |
| REPEAT | 2 % | 6 |
| RETAPE | 2 % | 6 |
| COMMANDEER | 2 % | 10 |
| ACQUIRE | 2 % | 7 |
| POSSESS | 2 % | 7 |
| ASSUME | 2 % | 6 |
Why may RETAPE be the right solution?
"Take over" is a phrasal verb that can mean to take control of something. "RETAPE" is a word that can mean to record over an existing tape, thereby taking control of the recording.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Take over
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- conquer
- seize
- take up
- capture
- relieve
- usurp
- arrogate
- take on
- accept
- appropriate
- repeat
- buy up
Crossword Answer definitions
ANNEX noun- An addition, an extension.
- An appendix to a book or document.
- An addition or extension to a building.
- An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
- To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
- To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
- To join; to be united.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ANNEX
- Add, as territory
- Wing
- Addition
- Building addition
- Take over, as land
- Add
- Take, as territory
- Add on
- Building enlargement
- Building wing
More clues leading to the result COOPT
- Take for one's own use
- Assimilate
- Lure into joining
- Appropriate
- Subsume into a larger group
- Take over to use as one's own
- Take over
- Use for one's own purposes
- Take over as one's own
- Claim eminent domain
More clues leading to the result USURP
- Appropriate
- Seize and hold
- Take by force
- Assume by force
- Commandeer
- Seize
- Ignore copyrights
- Stage a hostile takeover
- Preempt
- Seize, as the throne
More clues leading to the result STEPIN
- Stop being a bystander
- Take over
- Intervene
- Easily donned, as attire
- Cross the threshold
- Mediate
- Be a substitute
- Intercede
- Get involved
- Act as a substitute
More clues leading to the result SEIZE
- Take forcibly
- Afflict suddenly
- Grab
- Grasp forcibly
- Capture
- Apprehend
- Appropriate
- Take by force
- Confiscate
- Take control of
More clues leading to the result OCCUPY
- Engage
- Engross
- Fill as a tenant
- Fill
- Seize militarily
- Fill up
- Live in
- With 45-Down, movement started by the Canadian anti-consumerist group Adbusters
- Conquer, and stay
- Dwell in
More clues leading to the result INFEST
- Overrun
- Invade in great numbers
- Bug out?
- Overrun, as with locusts
- Be parasitic
- Fill (an area), like termites
- Overrun en masse, as ants
- Take over
- Overrun, as with pests
- Plague
More clues leading to the result ADOPT
- Add to the family, in a way
- Assume
- Take on
- Take up, as a cause
- Take as one's own
- "__ the mornin'!"
- Go out of the pool for, say?
- Bring in, as a boxer to one's home
- Take in
- Bring home from the shelter
More clues leading to the result REPEAT
- Echo
- Spread, as rumors
- Parrot
- Postseason airing
- Summer television fare
- Already-aired TV show
- Already aired episode
- Iterate
- Say again
- ___ offender
More clues leading to the result RETAPE
- Record over
- Make a new cassette of
- Seal again
- Transfer to a different cassette
- Make a fresh cassette of
- Seal again, in a way
- Make another recording
- Shoot over
- Bind over
- Record again
More clues leading to the result COMMANDEER
More clues leading to the result ACQUIRE
- Get
- Come by
- Take over
- Pick up
- Take possession of
- Obtain
- Board game invented by Sid Sackson
- Get.
- Gain.
- Develop, as a skill
More clues leading to the result POSSESS
- Have in hand
- Call one's own
- Have
- Be endowed with
- Dominate
- Have title to
- Emulate a demon
- Own
- Control, demon-style
- Do demons' work