End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Taking over is an antonym for end.
Taking over
Taking over noun - Acquisition of property by descent or by will.
Both terms in one sentence
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Of course, since you end up bringing down the Syndicate and taking over all their businesses, they'll end up working for the Saints one way or the other.
- In the end, however, it is Amber - who initially showed no interest in the company - taking over.
Source: Youngest Child Wins - In the graphic novel Emperor Doom, when he finally succeeds in taking over the world, one of the first things he does is end apartheid in South Africa.
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