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Meanings of take after in English

Imitate in behavior; take as a model.

Usage of take after in English
1
And I'm said to take after my mother's side of the family.
The burglar who painted like mondrian
2
Even Alicia's young son, Wade, seemed to take after Maureen's spineless family.
Running scared
3
Your foreparents were thieves and murderers too; and you take after them.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
4
For certainly the Prince of Wales did not take after his father.
Queen Victoria
5
Well, Rhius grew faster, but you may take after your mother's side.
Hidden Warrior
6
And for the most part they take after their white kin, unfortunately.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
7
The foals take after their dams for a time, pretty much always.
John Caldigate
8
When the train stops that last time, they take after me hot-footed.
The Road
9
She can decide which line she'll take after she locates the ore.
The Lure of the North
10
They all take after Carver; ilka body o' them, except peerie Thora.
The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
11
She sits in front of the monitor to watch take after take.
Reuters
12
He's going to take after his granddaddy, Mrs. Izumi told the women.
The favorites: a novel
13
It's too long a journey for you to take after your knock-out.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deser...
14
The journey people take after death, from one home to the next.
The Guardian
15
His father was a hustler, but the family didn't take after him.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
16
But, to be sure, the present squire won't take after him there.
Godolphin, Volume 1.
This collocation consists of:
Take after through the time
Take after across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common