take to

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le début d'un attachement ou d'une sympathie envers quelqu'un ou quelque chose, ou le début d'une habitude ou d'une activité.

A phrasal verb used to indicate beginning to like someone or something, or starting a habit or activity.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Begin to likeinformal

   To start liking someone or something, often quickly.

   prendre en affection

   • She took to her new colleagues immediately.
   • He took to playing the guitar like a natural.
   • The puppy took to its new home very quickly.

   Synonymesfancywarm to

2. Start a habitinformal

   To begin doing something regularly or as a habit.

   prendre l'habitude de

   • He took to drinking coffee every morning.
   • She took to jogging before work.
   • They took to spending weekends at the beach.

   Synonymesacquireadoptdevelopfall intoget intopick uptake up

   Antonymesabandonceaseforgoquitstop

3. Go to for safetyformal

   To go to a place for refuge or safety.

   se réfugier

   • The villagers took to the hills during the flood.
   • He took to his room to avoid the argument.
   • They took to the lifeboats when the ship started sinking.

Verbe de basetake