take against
Third Person
takes against
Present Participle
taking against
Past Tense
took against
Past Participle
taken against
1
to start to dislike someone or something
transitive
- I don't know why, but she seemed to take against me from the moment we met.
- Ever since the incident, he started to take against the idea of team projects.
- She began to take against the new policy after experiencing its negative effects firsthand.
- I hope you don't take against the city just because of one bad experience.
- She began to take against the new manager after he criticized her work.