If you say that a person takes ~, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason. (FORMAL)
He takes ~ against anyone who criticises him.
= take offence
PHRASE: V inflects
If you say that a person takes ~, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason. (FORMAL)
He takes ~ against anyone who criticises him.
= take offence
PHRASE: V inflects
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012