take against


verb
  1. (intr, preposition) to start to dislike, esp without good reason

Words Nearby take against

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How to use take against in a sentence

  • Yet it seems to me that with every precaution you take against such an evil you put yourself into the power of the evil.

    Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Whatever I take against my liking does me harm; and nothing hurts me that I eat with appetite and delight.

    The Essays of Montaigne, Complete | Michel de Montaigne
  • What precautions should you take against fire from kerosene and gasoline stoves?

    Mechanical Devices in the Home | Edith Louise Allen
  • But that is not the only precaution we must take against malaria.

    With Wolseley to Kumasi | F.S. Brereton
  • You are a woman whose word I would take against all the world.