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RELATED WORDS : accessory after the fact after after a fashion after all after damp after hours after part be after chase after come after day after day double take give and take give or take go after lech after life after death look after lust after one after another point after point after touchdown quest after run after see after sought after take take a bow take a breath take a breather take a chance take a crack at take a crap take a dare take a dive take a firm stand take a hit take a hop take a joke take a leak take a look take a powder take a shit take aback take account take advantage take advantage of take aim take apart take arms take aside take away take back take by storm take care take care of take chances take charge take control take cover take down take effect take exception take fire take five take flight take for take for granted take form take from take heart take heed take hold take hold of take home take home pay take in take in charge take in vain take in water take into account take issue take issue with take it take it easy take it on the chin take kindly to take leave take liberties take lying down take note take notice take off take office take on take one's lumps take orders take out take over take pains take part take place take pride take root take shape take sides take stage take steps take stock take ten take the air take the bull by the horns take the cake take the count take the edge off take the field take the fifth take the fifth amendment take the floor take the heat take the road take the stage take the stand take the veil take time take time by the forelock take time off take to take to be take to heart take to task take to the woods take turns take up take up arms take up with take water take with a grain of salt week after week

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb take after has 2 senses

• take after(v = verb.stative) Array - be similar to a relative; "She takes after her father!"
is one way to resemble
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• take after(v = verb.creation) follow - imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"
is one way to copy, imitate, simulate
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot take after Sue

THESAURUS

take after

ape, appear like, approach, approximate, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, come close, come near, compare with, copy, copy after, correspond, counterfeit, emulate, evoke, favor, follow, follow like sheep, follow suit, imitate, look like, match, mimic, mirror, model after, near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, parallel, partake of, pattern after, remind one of, resemble, savor of, seem like, simulate, smack of, sound like, stack up with, suggest

ROGET THESAURUS

take after

Similarity

VB be similar, look like, resemble, bear resemblance, smack of, savor of, approximate, parallel, match, rhyme with, take after, imitate, favor, span, render similar, assimilate, approximate, bring near, connaturalize, make alike, rhyme, pun.

Imitation

VB imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.

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