Examples of 'took over the reins' in a sentence

Meaning of "took over the reins"

took over the reins: This phrase is typically used in a figurative sense to mean assuming control, responsibility, or leadership. It often refers to a situation where someone replaces another person in a position of authority or control

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took over the reins
Fournier took over the reins on this establishment.
A vast programme of infrastructural modernisation took over the reins from the reconstruction efforts.
Traoré then took over the reins as head of state in an interim capacity.
He had a much more relaxed smile as Luther took over the reins of Scourge.
She took over the reins a couple of months ago when he retired.
His son Maboboti took over the reins from him.
JUST in case you were wondering why Isobelf took over the reins.
The emperor later took over the reins of power when he came of age.
Assistant coach Tyronn Lue took over the reins.
Caroline took over the reins of the household management and attempted to divorce.
His brother Rajaram who took over the reins of power.
Standard took over the reins from Ajax and were the dominant team on the field.
The granddaughters of Esperanza and Alejandro took over the reins of this winemaking group.
Smith took over the reins from Fernando Clavijo as interim manager after Clavijo resigned.
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa took over the reins of power.

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I took over the reins to consolidate the business, not to diversify it.
Later Shivappa Nayaka took over the reins.
Rekdal took over the reins on 1 July.
Meanwhile, Azari quietly took over the reins.
In other words, he took over the reins of the whole of Mumbai 's undetworld.
On the death of his father, Pierre Germain took over the reins of the dairy.
Well, my sister took over the reins when my parents passed.
His mother Maharani Kemparajammanniyavaru ruled as regent until Krishnaraja took over the reins on 8 February 1902.
Together they quickly took over the reins of what was to be the Single Commission.
His father, Gilbert, and Patrick Verdoy took over the reins.
Elsi Ojala took over the reins at Himos.
After his retirement in 1988, his brother Toshio Kashio took over the reins of power.
Her son Zack Palmer took over the reins in late November.
Marc took over the reins from his father in 1999, and started working organically straight away.
It 's time James took over the reins.
Julio Bocca took over the reins of this ballet company in 2010 to completely transform it.
Developmental functions were added when Africans took over the reins of government in the 1960s.
Malcolm again took over the reins with Nancy and her son, John age 19.
Upon his death, his wife, Argentina S. Hills, took over the reins of Ramos ' enterprise.
His widow, Patricia, took over the reins at a time when the station 's future was uncertain.
Bertie Peacock resigned in 1974 and Ivan Murray and Johnny McCurdy took over the reins.
John, his son, took over the reins of the company.
John Rains stepped down as manager in March 2006 and Ian Hazel took over the reins.
When he retired . Um, she took over the reins a couple of months ago.
Since he took over the reins of Chanel in 1983, it had never happened before.
N 1999, rejoined Congress when Sonia Gandhi took over the reins of the Congress Party.
In 1994, he briefly took over the reins of Turkish club Kocaelispor before switching to Galatasaray.
Almost a year ago, Thierry d'Auzers took over the reins of Everblue, succeeding Samy Bibay.
In 1975, Philippe Teulon took over the reins after studying oenology at the Montpellier Science Faculty.
In the early 1980s Atsushi took over the reins from his father to run Luxman.

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