take after
phrasal verbtake after somebody [no passive]
- (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.
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- (North American English, informal) to follow somebody quickly
- I was afraid that if I started running the man would take after me.