"take office" meaning in English

See take office in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes office [present, singular, third-person], taking office [participle, present], took office [past], taken office [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> office}} take office (third-person singular simple present takes office, present participle taking office, simple past took office, past participle taken office)
  1. To start working at an official appointment to some office. Related terms: swear in Translations (start working): astua virkaan (Finnish), entrer en fonction (French), nhậm chức (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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