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Take to has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"

2

develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation

"She took to drink"

"Men take to the military trades"

3

To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.

Example Sentences
"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" verb
"She took to drink" verb
"Men take to the military trades" verb
See Also
habit learn grasp go adapt move hit it off attract
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
desire
Rhyming Words
on to go to up to as to get to got to lay to bow to set to how to ten to lie to see to has to due to way to put to cut to had to out to
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