take to
phrasal verbtake to something [no passive]
- to go away to a place, especially to escape from danger
- The rebels took to the hills.
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- to begin to do something as a habit
- take to doing something I've taken to waking up very early.
- to develop an ability for something
- She took to tennis as if she'd been playing all her life.
take to somebody/something
- [no passive] to start liking somebody/something
- I took to my new boss immediately.
- He hasn't taken to his new school.