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Definition of "take-charge" [take-charge]

  • Informal Possessing or exhibiting strong qualities of initiative, leadership, and management: "take-charge people who are the center of all the action” ( George F. Will). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "take-charge" in a sentence
  • "Mrs. Laudeman said in her strong, take-charge voice."
  • "Sean Hannity is a power bottom, a bossy little take-charge beeyotch."
  • "In other words, Greenberg was old school, a take-charge owner who did what he wanted."
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