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not take kindly to

   Also found in: Legal 0.06 sec.
not take kindly to somebody/something
to not be pleased by someone or something He did not take kindly to instruction or advice. Society did not take kindly to women who wanted a career in those days.
See also: kindly, take

not take kindly to something

to be angered by something Gomez, who had a great deal of experience, did not take kindly to advice.
See also: kindly, take


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Minnie May did not take kindly to the ipecac but Anne had not brought up three pairs of twins for nothing.
She was of foreign education, and could not take kindly to the New England modes of life, in which nothing beautiful had ever been developed.
 
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