Usually means: Resemble in appearance or behavior.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. take after: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take after: Merriam-Webster
  3. take after: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. take after: Collins English Dictionary
  5. take after: Vocabulary.com
  6. take after: Wiktionary
  7. take after: Dictionary.com
  8. take after: Rhymezone
  9. take after: Phrasal Verb Page
  10. take after: FreeDictionary.org
  11. take after: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. take after: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take after: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. take after: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take after: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take after: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take after)

▸ verb:  To resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
▸ verb:  To follow someone's example.

Similar:
follow, feature, be like, quack like a duck, mark, pearl, look like, like, semilike, smell, more...

Opposite:
resemble, differ from, not inherit

Types:
resemble, look like, more...

Phrases:
to take after, take off after, take place after, more...

Adjectives:
par excellence, referential, denotive, endeictic, relative, exemplificative, exemplificatory, parable, designative, signific, exemplifiable

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Similar:
follow, feature, be like, quack like a duck, mark, pearl, look like, like, semilike, smell, more...

Opposite:
resemble, differ from, not inherit

Types:
resemble, look like, more...

Phrases:
to take after, take off after, take place after, more...

Adjectives:
par excellence, referential, denotive, endeictic, relative, exemplificative, exemplificatory, parable, designative, signific, exemplifiable



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