not take kindly to

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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

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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. Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context 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. House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context More results

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