across. prepositiontraversing a space, side to side. athwart. beyond. cross.

Antonyms for over. up, upward. (or upwards), upwardly.

Opposite of to take possession of. abdicate. cede. hand over. relinquish.

transitive verb. : to assume control or possession of or responsibility for military leaders took over the government. intransitive verb. 1 : to assume control or possession. 2 : to become dominant.

​to gain control of a political party, a country, etc. The army is threatening to take over if civil unrest continues.

Deliver the dressing down right.

1. Yell. A good cursing out deserves as much volume as you can muster.
2. Show your anger in your face. Bulge your eyes, stick your nose out with nostrils flared, and let the blood rush to your face.
3. Use body language. Get inside your target’s personal space.

One can be called a vulgarian even if one never swears, though — it can apply to all sorts of vulgar behaviour. –

Fart, as it turns out, is one of the oldest rude words we have in the language: Its first record pops up in roughly 1250, meaning that if you were to travel 800 years back in time just to let one rip, everyone would at least be able to agree upon what that should be called.

The F word was not used in our home in the 1950s or 1960s. Swearing was fairly common in blue-collar work environments and the military, which were exclusively male or nearly so.

Victorians were prim, proper, and most of all, prudish. During this era, cursing grew in power and shrank in practice. Mohr says “you couldn’t say ‘trousers’ because that might lead you to remember that people had bodies, and goodness gracious, where you could go from there!”

Corny 1950s Slang Terms A few examples originating in the 1950s could include “cruisin’ for a bruisin’,” “knuckle sandwich,” “Daddy-O,” “burn rubber,” “party pooper,” “ankle biter,” “get bent,” “cool cat,” and “got it made in the shade.”