take the wheel

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Verb

take the wheel (third-person singular simple present takes the wheel, present participle taking the wheel, simple past took the wheel, past participle taken the wheel)

  1. To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.
    Can you take the wheel for a minute while I take off my gloves?
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To assume control of a situation.

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