take against
take against · takes against · took against · taking against · taking against
To stop liking or supporting someoneTo stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.
» I was forced to take the drug against my will.
Meaning
1 sensesTo stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.
He took against me when I was promoted over him.
Examples
34 sentencesI was forced to take the drug against my will.
Tom didn't take the warnings against smoking seriously, until much too late.
Don't take actions against your integrity.
How can we take action against him?
You must take legal action against him.
Forms
takes against, taking against, took against, taking against| Base form | take against · to take against |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes against |
| Present participle | taking against |
| Past simple | took against |
| Past participle | taking against |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- take upпіднімати, братисяTo pick up.
- take offзняти, зніматиTo remove.
- take outприбрати, видалитиTo remove.
- take onвзяти, братиTo acquire, bring in, or introduce.
- take inпіднімати, братисяTo receive.
- take downпідвести, підводитиTo remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed.
- take backвідкликати, згадуватиTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
- take overперевищувати, перевершитиTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
More 8
- take awayпозбавити, позбавлятиTo remove something and put it in a different place.
- take afterбути схожим на когось, нагадувати когосьTo resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
- take forтримати, держатиTo regard as.
- take apartзламатися, впастиTo dismantle something into its component pieces.
- take toвзяти, братиTo adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
- take withUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, with.
- take acrossTo go; to proceed.
- take againstTo stop liking or supporting someone; to become unfriendly towards.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle