take kindly to

Idioms  

1. Be receptive to, attracted by, or pleased with, as in He'll take kindly to the criticism if it's constructive, or Henry won't take kindly to your stepping on his newly planted grass. This idiom uses kindly in the sense of “in a pleasant or agreeable manner.” [c. 1800]

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take kindly to

The sport didn’t take kindly to interlopers with no playing experience of their own bringing mathematics into a game that had been moving along just fine ever since the National League was founded in 1876.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Mr Justice Tony Hunt said that there had been an attempt to "mislead" him and that he did "not take kindly" to such action.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

“Judges aren’t going to take kindly to that no matter who they are.”

From Salon ● May 31, 2024

When George and Harden did, Lue didn’t take kindly to their remarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Here’s a hypothesis: Twig wouldn’t take kindly to a newcomer.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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