take after as a verb: - 1
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take after
verb
1 take after
Be similar to a relative.
Roget 17:
be similar
etc.
adj.;
look like,
resemble,
bear resemblance;
smack of,
savor of,
approximate;
parallel,
match,
rhyme with;
take after;
imitate
etc.
19;
favor,
span [U.S.].
render similar
etc.
adj.;
assimilate,
approximate,
bring near;
connaturalize†,
make alike;
rhyme,
pun.
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Roget 19:
imitate,
copy,
mirror,
reflect,
reproduce,
repeat;
do like,
echo,
reecho,
catch;
transcribe;
match,
parallel.
mock,
take off,
mimic,
ape,
simulate,
impersonate,
personate;
act
etc.
(drama)
599;
represent
etc.
554;
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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2 take after
Imitate in behavior; take as a model.
synonym: follow.
Dutch: nastreven, navolgen, spiegelen, volgen
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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