Meaning of take to in English:

take to

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phrasal verb

1take to somethingBegin or fall into the habit of doing something.
‘he took to hiding some secret supplies in his desk’
- ‘Or take to relatively less harmful habits like drinking, smoking and gambling.’
- ‘Once the local gossip was out of the way, she took to her usual habit of saying, ‘So what's new?’’
- ‘Lorenzo Amoruso of Rangers seems to be an amiable sort of fellow so it was sad to read that, during a long injury lay-off, he fell into a depression and took to the drink.’
- ‘They also took to the habit of calling me Charlie, even though it was no longer necessary.’
- ‘The latest and most amusing one was discovering two students who took to falling asleep in a lecture.’
- ‘After an initial treatment elsewhere, he took to drinking again.’
- ‘Ronnie and I took to drinking in a nationalist shebeen, the Old House.’
- ‘The funding turned out to be chimerical; Förster panicked and took to drink.’
- ‘A lot of people took to drink for solace, and drunkenness was often a problem.’
- ‘To cope with the stress of sudden fame he took to drink, but these days never touches a drop.’
make a habit of, resort to, turn to, have recourse to, begin, start
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2take to somewhereGo to a place to escape danger or in response to a dramatic event.
‘they took to the hills’
- ‘hundreds of protesters took to the streets’
- ‘Of course there is every chance that voters might literally take to the hills to escape such an election, but to my mind it is a risk worth taking.’
- ‘Increasingly, Zambia's AIDS orphans attempt to escape their suffering by taking to the street.’
- ‘Shocked into a speechless stupor, Ibis took to the air to escape the horrible sight on the ground.’
- ‘To escape, Nancy takes to the road to hitchhike out of the situation.’
- ‘Most able-bodied men fled, some running to the river on the west side, some taking to the hills to the east.’
- ‘The contrast with their hosts was enough to leave any Tartan Army foot soldier taking to the hills in fear.’
- ‘He had to take to the hills and it was from here that he blessed Ireland and all in it with two exceptions, snakes and the Red Bog.’
- ‘As the lowlands dry up in spring, the nomads take to the hills to spend the summer months.’
- ‘When the bombs started falling, the family took to an Anderson shelter and a garden shed.’
1. 2.1Use a means of communication, especially a social media platform, to express one's views.
  ‘she took to Twitter to complain about high prices and low minimum wages’
  ‘readers took to the comments section to express their disappointment’
3take to someoneForm a liking for someone.
‘Mrs Brady never took to Moran’
- ‘The advent of online lotteries had a bad effect on the State lottery, as fortune seekers began to take to the former.’
- ‘American mobile phone users are beginning to take to SMS, but IM may be the future for wireless messaging in the US.’
- ‘Children could easily take to the world of 3D excitement offered here.’
- ‘So they easily take to the exercises, said participant Celine Chen.’
- ‘Mainly because I think people will take to weblogs very quickly.’
- ‘Well Susie quickly took to the emo lifestyle, she already had pierced herself fourteen times by the end of the hour.’
- ‘Annette Salmeen was one of the UCLA athletes who took to the ideas quickly.’
- ‘Footballers are insular but they took to him very quickly.’
- ‘Martin seemed to do very well as a valet and Richard took to him easily which I was very happy to here.’
- ‘He convinces her to go by promising a full congregation for her mission, and Sarah quickly takes to the milk drinks Sky orders for her.’
develop a liking for, like, get on with, become friendly with
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1. 3.1take to somethingDevelop an ability for something, especially quickly or easily.
  ‘I took to pole-vaulting right away’
  ‘Mr Wilstrop, 20, whose father often teaches the sport at the school, said the youngsters took to squash very quickly.’
  ‘What amazes me is how quickly they take to caring for an elderly person who has to be cleaned, dressed and sorted out.’
  ‘He quickly took to the work and was even initiated into the Guild.’
  ‘He shifted to left late last July and took to it quickly, improving rapidly in range and instincts.’
  ‘Aaron and Luke took to it very quickly after that, but Nick and I just couldn't grasp it.’
  ‘I went through several modules using games to explore mathematics, and they took to the work quickly.’
  ‘He took to learning sign language quickly and was soon outpacing his mother and aunt.’
  ‘While some former cricket stars were good at commenting, others took to umpiring but for Kapil there is a greater joy in getting closer to people.’
  ‘I took to figure skating with enthusiasm and began competing at the age of eight.’
  ‘Frasier takes to the radio job at KACL with some enthusiasm and enjoys being a local celebrity.’
  become good at, develop an ability for, develop an aptitude for, be suitable for
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