took over everybody in the room

[JACEK1]

Hello,

Does "took over everybody in the room" in the sentence "It was really a beautiful thing to watch and it kind of took over everybody in the room" mean "everybody in the room was surprised/taken aback/moved?"

I get the feeling that it means what I wrote above but there is no evidence to support my claim.

What do you think?

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[Yankee]

I would go with "moved" particularly with the word "beautiful".

 

[JACEK1]

It is strange that the synonym for "take over" does not include "move".

 

[emsr2d2]

That's because they're not synonyms - just because a word can be taken to mean something else doesn't mean they're synonyms. The context is what led Yankee to choose "moved" amongst the alternatives you suggested.