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Take to
take to
1. If you take to someone or something, you like them, especially after knowing them or thinking about them for only a short time. Did the children take to him?... PHRASAL VERB: V P n 2. If you take to doing something, you begin to do it as a regular habit. They had taken to wandering through the streets arm-in-arm. PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing
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1.
phrasal 1. to go to or into ~ the woods 2. to apply or devote oneself to (as a practice, habit, or occupation) ~ begging 3. to adapt oneself to ; respond to takes to water like a duck 4. to conceive a liking for ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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{v.} 1. To go to or into; get yourself quickly to. - Often used in the imperative. * /Take to the hills! The bandits are coming!/ * /We took to the woods during the day so no one would see us./ * /Take to the boats! The ship is sinking./ * /We stopped at a hotel for the night but took to the road again the next morning./ 2. To begin the work or job of; make a habit of. * /He took to repairing watches in his spare time./ * /She took to knitting when she got older./ * /Grandfather took to smoking cigars when he was young and he still smokes them./ * /Uncle Willie took to drink while he was a sailor./ * /The cat took to jumping on the table at mealtime./ 3. To learn easily; do well at. * /Father tried to teach John to swim, but John didn't take to it./ * /Mary takes to mathematics like a duck takes to water./ 4. To like at first meeting; be pleased by or attracted to; accept quickly. * /Our dog always takes to children quickly./ * /Mary didn't take kindly to the new rule that her mother made of being home at 6 o'clock./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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