Lose
Taking over
Taking over noun - Acquisition of property by descent or by will.
Both terms in one sentence
- The bad news is: Neil will be taking over both branches and some of you will lose your jobs.
Source: Bad News, Irrelevant News - Plus, he already broke a lot of laws (buying tickets from a scalper and taking over a retired Nebraska football player's VIP suite) trying to get Bobby to like football so he had nothing to lose.
Source: Ordered to Cheat -
As a consequence, when Vandal is beaten by the time-travelling Justice League, his subordinates release Hitler, who goes on to lose the war like he would have done in the first place, instead of another potentially more competent individual taking over.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
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