take after

verb

took after; taken after; taking after; takes after

transitive verb

: to resemble (someone) in features, build, character, or disposition

a daughter who takes after her mother

"That's Tulliver's son," said the publican to a grocer standing on the adjacent door-step. "Ah!" said the grocer, "I thought I knew his features. He takes after his mother's family."

—George Eliot

"His father was lazy but his mother hasn't a lazy bone in her body, and Peter takes after her."

—Lucy Maud Montgomery

Examples of take after in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What’s the best course of action for a distillery to take after releasing a whiskey that turns out to be… not so good? — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2026

Miller was taken after the San Antonio Spurs selected Victor Wembanyama in the 2023 Draft, but there was a time during his final season at Alabama where Miller’s draft stock was in limbo because of controversy off the court. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Howell only watched De Palma’s take after production wrapped on the show when the cast, crew and Vancouver locals gathered at the Rio Theatre for a screening. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Investigators saw an Acura SUV in the parking lot for hours in the surveillance footage before the camera moved, but the vehicle was gone in footage taken after the kidnapping. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1627, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for take after

• hereinafter
• thereinafter
• drafter
• laughter
• rafter
• hereafter
• thereafter