take\ kindly\ to

take\ kindly\ to
v
To be pleased by; like. - Usually used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences.

He doesn't take kindly to any suggestions about running his business.

Will your father take kindly to the idea of your leaving college?


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  • take kindly to — {v.} To be pleased by; like. Usually used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. * /He doesn t take kindly to any suggestions about running his business./ * /Will your father take kindly to the idea of your leaving college?/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take kindly to — {v.} To be pleased by; like. Usually used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. * /He doesn t take kindly to any suggestions about running his business./ * /Will your father take kindly to the idea of your leaving college?/ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take kindly — verb to accept or condone We dont take kindly to your type around here …   Wiktionary

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  • take kindly to something — (not) take kindly to (something) to not like something that someone says or does. Be careful what you say to Mike he doesn t take kindly to criticism. I didn t take kindly to being thrown out of the team …   New idioms dictionary

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