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

[geetu]

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

Your answer was: correct
_________________________

what is the meaning of takes after

[Alan]

This means behave in the same way/do the same things as/be similar to.
_________________
English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Present Simple

[Rich7]

Like father like son they say....

[Zeena]

what she is doing right now is inherited from her mother