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take office
Idioms and Phrases
Assume an official position or employment, as in The new chair takes office after the first of the year . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Trump signed an executive order shortly after taking office to delay the ban until this weekend.
Since taking office, he’s faced many of the problems that bedeviled prior sheriffs: poor jail conditions, sprawling consent decrees, allegations about deputy gangs and persistent staffing woes.
The ceasefire that Trump touted in the days before he took office appears to be in tatters.
His erratic and provocative behavior since he took office the second time has now raised the spectre of a new nuclear arms race.
“When he took office, he swore to ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.’
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