Idiom
take kindly
Meaning
To like, accept, or condone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My cat does not take kindly to strangers.”
“The manager did not take kindly to the team missing their deadline without a good reason.”
“The old professor rarely took kindly to students who questioned his established theories without providing any evidence to support their claims.”
Examples
simple
“My cat does not take kindly to strangers.”
contextual
“The manager did not take kindly to the team missing their deadline without a good reason.”
complex
“The old professor rarely took kindly to students who questioned his established theories without providing any evidence to support their claims.”
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