Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - take after

If you take after a member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance, your behaviour, or your character. Ted’s always been difficult, Mr Kemp–he takes after his dad. PHRASAL VERB: no passive, V P n TAKE APART 1. If you take something apart, you separate it into the different parts that it is made of. When the clock stopped, he took it apart, found what was wrong, and put the whole thing together again. = dismantle PHRASAL VERB: V n P 2. If you take apart something such as an argument or an idea, you show what its weaknesses are, usually by analyzing it carefully. They will take that problem apart and analyze it in great detail... He proceeds to take apart every preconception anyone might have ever had about him. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)