take after

take after
verb
1. be similar to a relative
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She takes after her father!

• Hypernyms: ↑resemble
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

2. imitate in behavior; take as a model
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Teenagers follow their friends in everything

• Syn: ↑follow
• Hypernyms: ↑imitate, ↑copy, ↑simulate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Sam cannot take after Sue

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RESEMBLE, look like; remind one of, make one think of, recall, conjure up, suggest, evoke; informal favour, be a chip off the old block, be the spitting image of.
→ take

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phrasal
1. : to take as an example : follow

she is going to take after her grandmother — Elizabeth Taylor

2. : to resemble in features, build, character, or disposition

takes after his mother's side of the family

takes after his father in everything except his eyes

sons all took after him, if only at a distance — G.G.Coulton

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take after
To resemble (eg a parent) in appearance or characteristics
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Main Entry: ↑take

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ˌtake ˈafter [transitive] never progressive [present tense I/you/we/they take after he/she/it takes after present participle taking after past tense took after past participle taken after] phrasal verb
to look or behave like an older relative

In looks she takes after her father.

Thesaurus: to look the same as, or similar to, someone or somethingsynonym
Main entry: take

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resemble (a parent or ancestor)

the rest of us take after our mother

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take after [phrasal verb]
take after (someone) : to be like (someone, such as a parent) : to resemble (someone)

He takes after his father in height and build.

“She's such a sweet child.” “Yes. She takes after her mother.”

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Main Entry: ↑take

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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