take to

Meaning

1. Editorial40% of films

   (of time, money, effort, or people) to be needed in order to do or achieve something

2. Oxford10% of films

   to start liking sb / sth

   I tried, but he just didn't like fighting. Didn't take to it.

3. Editorial10% of films

   to carry, bring, or escort someone or something to a place

4. Oxford10% of films

   to begin to do sth as a habit

In the movies · 6

• They've never taken to a man the way they've taken to you.The End of the Tour2015
• I tried, but he just didn't like fighting. Didn't take to it.Creed2015
• WE ALL HAD COMPUTERS, BUT AARON REALLY TOOK TO THEM, REALLY TOOK TO THE INTERNET.The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014
• What does it take to shut you up?Road House2024
• How long does it take to rob a bank?The Bank Job2008
• How long will that take to heal?Babylon2022
• I was afraid it wouldn't take to the soil...Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 22017
• Take it to him!Cinderella Man2005

Learn it in full scenes

• The End of the Tour2015
  • Lipsky Pitches the Wallace Story
  • Dave Wallace Doesn't Drink
  • Wallace and Lipsky First Meeting
• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis

From the same entry

• I, you, can't take anywhere
• have what it takes
• take as it comes
• take it
• take it from me
• take it on yourself to do
• can take it or leave it
• take it lot out of
• take some lot of doing
• take that
• take aback
• take after

More phrasal verbs

• turn into
• sell out
• wind up
• come up
• go out
• listen up
• start out
• break into
• get off
• take after
• settle for
• fall out