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take against

vb. 1 To stop liking someone. Become unfriendly. 2 ''He '''took against''' me when I was promoted over him.''

Usage examples of "take against".

In Hasjarl's Hall of Sorcery, that Lord let his slaves robe him for the obsequies, while not neglecting to direct the search for his traitorous champion Fafhrd, to instruct the shaft-watchers in the precautions they must take against Gwaay's attempts to return the poppy dust, perchance with interest, and to tutor his sorcerers in the exact spells they must use against Gwaay once Quarmal's body was devoured by the flame.

But the way you take against her gives me the strong impression that at one time in your life you were an extremely frightened and weak child.

I got a Ministry of Magic leaflet by owl, about security measures we should all take against the Death Eaters.

Evidently our shots wouldn't take against the Elizabethan typhoid.

Now, assuming you remain Lord of War, what action do you plan to take against the Humans?

From the moment your governments are willing to extend the same confidence they show in us regarding the defence measures we will take against the threatening danger to all other areas from that moment on, the Third Power will cease to exist.