TAKE AFTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take after mean? 

• TAKE AFTER (verb)
  The verb TAKE AFTER has 2 senses:

1. be similar to a relative

2. imitate in behavior; take as a model

  Familiarity information: TAKE AFTER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE AFTER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be similar to a relative

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

She takes after her father!

Hypernyms (to "take after" is one way to...):

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Imitate in behavior; take as a model

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

follow; take after

Context example:

Teenagers follow their friends in everything

Hypernyms (to "take after" is one way to...):

copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot take after Sue

 Context examples 

After a little thinking, and a very tender sigh, he added, Ah! it is no difficulty to see who you take after!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A reference to the timetable showed that the 8:15 was the first train which it was possible for West to take after he had left the lady about 7:30.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wear your new things on the trip I hope you will take after the new moon February 23, when you will be irresistible.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)