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take after

take after verb: to resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.

Verb

take after (third-person singular simple present takes after, present participle taking after, simple past took after, past participle taken after)

  1. To resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
    • She takes after her grandmother with her wide eyes and quiet disposition.
  2. To follow someone's example.

take after meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

take after in Hindi

to resemble in appearance or habit
ऊपर जाना ūpar jānā

take after in Tamil

சாயல் ஓத்திரு, பண்பொத்திரு

take after in Urdu

مماثل ہونا, نقل کرنا

Forms of take after

third-person singular presenttakes after
present participletaking after
pasttook after
past participletaken after

Questions about take after

What does take after mean?
Take after means to resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
What is take after in Hindi?
Take after in Hindi is ऊपर जाना (ūpar jānā). See Take after meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is take after?
Take after is a verb.
What is the past tense of take after?
The past tense of take after is took after.

Words near take after in the dictionary

  1. take account of
  2. take across
  3. take action
  4. take advantage
  5. take advantage of
  6. take after
  7. take against
  8. take aim
  9. take air
  10. take aloft
  11. take an axe to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take after (page history and authors); take after (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); take after (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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