Meanings
verbtake 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)
present singular third person takes the wheel · participle present taking the wheel · past took the wheel · participle past taken the wheel
- 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?
Translations
Bulgarian поемам волана, поема волана
- поемам волана (poemam volana)to be in control of the steering wheel
- поема волана (poema volana)to be in control of the steering wheel
Finnish tarttua rattiin
- tarttua rattiinto be in control of the steering wheel
French prendre le volant
- prendre le volantto be in control of the steering wheel
Polish przejmować stery, przejąć stery
- przejmować steryto be in control of the steering wheel
- przejąć steryto be in control of the steering wheel
Russian сесть за руль
- сесть за руль (sestʹ za rulʹ)to be in control of the steering wheel
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APA
take the wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20wheel
MLA
“take the wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20wheel. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take the wheel,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20wheel.
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