take the wheel

English

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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.

Related terms

• behind the wheel

Translations

to be in control of the steering wheel

• Finnish: tarttua rattiin
• French: prendre le volant (fr)
• Russian: сесть за руль pf (sestʹ za rulʹ)