take after

verb

took after; taken after; taking after; takes after

transitive verb

: to resemble (someone) in features, build, character, or disposition

a daughter who takes after her mother

"That's Tulliver's son," said the publican to a grocer standing on the adjacent door-step. "Ah!" said the grocer, "I thought I knew his features. He takes after his mother's family."

George Eliot

"His father was lazy but his mother hasn't a lazy bone in her body, and Peter takes after her."

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Word History

First Known Use

1627, in the meaning defined above

单词	take after
释义	take after verb took after; taken after; taking after; takes after transitive verb : to resemble (someone) in features, build, character, or disposition a daughter who takes after her mother "That's Tulliver's son," said the publican to a grocer standing on the adjacent door-step. "Ah!" said the grocer, "I thought I knew his features. He takes after his mother's family." George Eliot "His father was lazy but his mother hasn't a lazy bone in her body, and Peter takes after her." Lucy Maud Montgomery Word History First Known Use 1627, in the meaning defined above
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