TAKE AFTER SB


Meaning of TAKE AFTER SB in English

[ no passive ]

1.

(not used in the progressive tenses) to look or behave like an older member of your family, especially your mother or father :

Your daughter doesn't take after you at all.

2.

( NAmE , informal ) to follow sb quickly :

I was afraid that if I started running the man would take after me.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.