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What does this phrasal verb mean: 'Take after'?



 
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What does this phrasal verb mean: 'Take after'? Thu May 05, 2005 13:58 pm  What does this phrasal verb mean: 'Take after'?
 

Test No. incompl/advan-6 "Phrasal Verbs", question 10

You can tell by the way she talks and behaves that she ......... her mother.

(a) takes to
(b) takes in
(c) takes back
(d) takes after

Test No. incompl/advan-6 "Phrasal Verbs", answer 10

You can tell by the way she talks and behaves that she takes after her mother.

Correct answer: (d) takes after

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Take after Thu May 05, 2005 16:18 pm  Take after
 

This means behave in the same way/do the same things as/be similar to.
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