take aftersomeone
phrasal verbwithtakeverbuk/teɪk/us/teɪk/took|taken
B2
to besimilarto anoldermemberofyourfamilyinappearanceorcharacter:
Hetakesafter hismother/his mother'ssideof thefamily.
- Lazy? Hetakesafter hisfather.
- Shetakesafter me with herloveofhorses.
- Ihopethechildrendon't take aftertheirgrandfather.
Describing people with the same qualities
- a tough/tricky, etc. customeridiom
- be cast in the same mouldidiom
- be of like mindidiom
- be of the same mindidiom
- be on the same wavelengthidiom
- be the (living/spitting) image ofsomeoneidiom
- cast
- customer
- dead ringer
- doppelgänger
- double
- it takes a thief to catch a thiefidiom
- kindred spirit
- match
- meeting
- mind
- soulmate
- step
- thief
- wavelength