phrasal
Etymology: ME taken to
1. : to take in hand : take charge of : care for
charladies who take to their gentlemen — F.A.Swinnerton
long to make pets of them all, but … their mothers take to them — Rachel Henning
2. : to betake oneself to : have recourse to (as a place or a means of progression)
take to the lifeboats
bird took to flight
take to the woods
took to the parlor sofa and let everyone wait on her — Rosemary Benét
3. : to begin to apply or devote oneself to (as a practice, habit, occupation)
take to begging
take to drink
women who seem to take to the dressmaking and millinery trades by instinct — Mary Austin
develop howls or take to biting visitors — Robert Littell
4. : to adapt oneself to : respond to
took so well to animal bait — Richard Semon
never been milked by a woman … don't know how they'll take to it — Ellen Glasgow
young stock took most readily to the concentrates — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin
home rulers would not take kindly to any suggestion of a centralized state — V.L.Parrington
5. : to conceive a liking for
took to the stranger at first sight
nice to anybody she happens to take to — Kenneth Roberts