The English phrasal verb LOOK AFTER has the following meaning: 1. Look after = to take care of someone/something (transitive) When you make sure that someone/something is safe and well. To take care of someone (or something) by doing what is needed to keep them well...
The English phrasal verb TAKE UP has the following meanings: 1. Take up = to fill or occupy time or space (transitive) When a task or duty occupies much of your time, or when a person or item occupies space. The meeting took up the entire morning. The new sofa takes...
The English phrasal verb TAKE TO has the following meanings: 1. Take to = to make a new habit of something (transitive) When someone starts to do something new often, usually because they enjoy doing it. My cat has taken to sleeping on the kitchen counter. I have...
The English phrasal verb TAKE OVER has the following meanings: 1. Take over = to begin control control (transitive) When someone begins to have control of something and is in charge of responsibilities, people, or duties. To begin to do something that someone else was...