take possession

Frequency: 7.514.0 per million words

to begin to own or use something, especially property

possessionVERB + possession

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Examples (10)

  • When do you take possession of your new house?
  • The company will take possession of the building next month.
  • After the legal proceedings, they were finally able to take possession of the estate.
  • The bank threatened to take possession of the property if the mortgage wasn't paid.
  • He took possession of his late grandfather's watch.
  • The new owners are expected to take possession on Friday.
  • Once the contract is signed, you can take possession immediately.
  • The government took possession of the land for the new highway.
  • The landlord is seeking to take possession of the apartment due to unpaid rent.
  • It took several weeks for the museum to take possession of the rare artifact.