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take after
verb
- to resemble in appearance, character, behaviour, etc
- to follow as an example
Idioms and Phrases
Follow the example of; also, resemble in appearance, temperament, or character. For example, Bill took after his uncle and began working as a volunteer for the Red Cross . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
The Metropolitan Police is deciding what action to take after receiving a report accusing 10 British nationals of war crimes and crimes against humanity while they served in Israel's military in Gaza.
Other messages refer to damage assessments taken after the strike, as well as CIA operations in Yemen and anticipated Israeli strikes on the Houthis.
Carter testified that Bomba performed a rectal examination on him in 1979 as part of a physical he was required to take after receiving an invitation to play for USA Basketball.
“It looks like they’re being a little more the way they used to be in their projections, rather than the conservative approach they were taking after the drought,” he said.
Moses also took after his mother and his aunt with his love of cooking, she said; his specialty was fried chicken gizzards.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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