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TAKE AFTER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Imitate in behavior; take as a model
Example:
Teenagers follow their friends in everything
Synonyms:
follow; take after
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be similar to a relative
Example:
She takes after her father!
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "take after" is one way to...):
resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
