take after

verb

took after; taken after; taking after; takes after

: 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

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Day in, day out, Julie would show up, laugh and chat with those around, then, as the camera rolled, become incredibly serious and deliver, take after take. —

Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025 Photos from the scene taken after Payne’s death show a shattered TV with a spider’s web of cracks and drug paraphernalia like white powder, aluminum foil, and a makeshift pipe. —

Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025 Clearly, both of them took after their dad’s persistent spirit and decided to chart their own path in the NFL. —

Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2025 This photo was taken after a rainy winter season, making the views spectacular. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for take after