take after

Meaning

To take after means to resemble an older relative in appearance, manner, or character. It is often used for children who share a parent's looks, habits, or temperament.

Synonyms

follow echo approach ape look match parallel copy favor mirror resemble approximate simulate duplicate inherit
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Antonyms

contrast vary differ deviate diverge differ from
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Hypernyms

copy resemble simulate imitate

Examples

Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them. Evelyn Waugh

You take after your dad, a high-functioning sociopath with an incurable organic personality disorder. It's one of the special-sauce variety, the kind with a known genetic cause. Your uncle Albert was something different, and worse: He was a man of faith. Charles Stross

I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family. Jeff Foxworthy

Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing. John Astin

It is often that a cow does not take after its breed. Irish Proverb

Often a cow does not take after its breed. Irish Proverb

Words in the phrase

take after

Close letter words and terms

take advantage of an opportunity take advantage of any good opportunity take advantage of favorable conditions take against take aim take air