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  1. take the helm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take the helm: Merriam-Webster
  3. take the helm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. take the helm: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (take the helm)

verb:  (nautical, literal) To assume responsibility for steering a ship.
verb:  (by extension, figurative) To take over responsibility (of something) from someone else.

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