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take the helm

US pronunciation
American soundtake the helm
takethehelm
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take - the - helm -> take the helm

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helm /helm/ n (fig )

ပဲ့ထိန်းလက်ကိုင်ဘီး။ တက်မကျင်။ the helm of state (ie government of a country). Compare TILLER
❏ at the helm [IDM ] (အဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ခုကို) ပဲ့ကိုင် လျက်။
❏ take the helm [IDM ] (အဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ခုကို) ပဲ့ကိုင်သည်။
❏ helmsman /-zmǝn/ n (pl -men /-mǝn/) ပဲ့ကိုင်။ ပဲ့ထိန်း။ ပဲ့နင်း။

Synonyms
wheel, rudder, tiller, controls, be in charge, be in driver's seat, be in power, be in saddle, be in the driver's seat, be supreme, call shots, command, control, driver's seat, get the jump on, go out in front, head for, head out for, head up, headed for, heading for, heads up, hold power, hold sway, holding power, lay the course, lead, leadership, look after, looking after, navigate, piloted, piloting, preside over, pull strings, pull the strings, quarterback, reign, reins, result in, ride out, riding out, run, run the show, run things, skippering, spearhead, steer, steering wheel, superabound, take care of, take over, take the helm, take the reins, taking over, trail-blaze, trailblaze, trailblazing, voyaging, wear the crown
Cross references
wheelruddertillercontrolsbe in chargebe in driver's seatbe in powerbe in saddlebe in the driver's seatbe supremecall shotscommandcontroldriver's seatget the jump ongo out in fronthead forhead out forhead upheaded forheading forheads uphold powerhold swayholding powerlay the courseleadleadership
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