take to sb/sth
— phrasal verb with take uk/teɪk/us/teɪk/verb took, taken
C1 to start to like someone or something:
The two dogs took to each other immediately and started to play.
She's taken to basketball like a duck to water (= she likes it and is good at it).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking
- affection
- attached
- be a glutton for sth idiom
- be a hit with sb idiom
- be big on sth idiom
- grow
- grow on sb
- have a lot of time for sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- heart
- hit
- lick your lips idiom
- liking
- smitten
- soft corner
- soft spot
- take a shine to sb idiom
- taken
- thing
- warm
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