take after

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to resemble a family member in appearance or character

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   take after someone

   Usage: The relative resembled follows after: take after your father. Do not move the person between take and after.

   Both children take after their father, especially in their quiet sense of humour.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Both children take after their father, especially in their quiet sense of humour.

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