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vb. (en-third-person singulartake command)
Usage examples of "takes command".
The second-in-command takes command when the captain dies, or goes over the hill-or quits.
The second-in-command takes command when the captain dies, or goes over the hill - or quits.
The second-in-command takes command when the captain dies, or goes over the hill -- or quits.
He takes command of the Lusankya and uses it as a base of operations for the squadron, which now has over 100 starfighters of various makes and models available to it.
The storyteller on his little platform had reached the point in the story where the great General Xu Da takes command and drives the Tartars back into Mongolia.
Its not often that an overcaptain takes command and wins a massed battle with hundreds of companies.
If, uh, communication is lost the highest available rank takes command.
My guess is that most of the green-jackets will be chasing the other prisoners we turned free, They will concentrate on us only once Schreuder takes command.
Note: Story is set two years before Captain Hikaru Sulu takes command of the Excelsior in 2290.
The moment he substitutes a positive assumption, his ‘controlling ego’ wakes up and takes command.