What does take after mean?

take after means "be similar to a relative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for take after?

Close synonyms include follow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take after a common word?

take after is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Take after — meaning, 2 senses and 1 synonym

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
be similar to a relative
“She takes after her father!”
Broaderresemble
2.
imitate in behavior; take as a model
“Teenagers follow their friends in everything”
Synonymsfollow
Broaderimitate

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What does take after mean?: take after means "be similar to a relative". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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