TAKE AFTER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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

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