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take kindly to

Idioms  

  1. Be receptive to, attracted by, or pleased with, as in He'll take kindly to the criticism if it's constructive, or Henry won't take kindly to your stepping on his newly planted grass. This idiom uses kindly in the sense of “in a pleasant or agreeable manner.” [c. 1800]

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Amazon’s investors, however, didn’t take kindly to its plans to ramp capital spending up by nearly 60% to $200 billion this year: On Friday, the company lost $124 billion in market value.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I do not take kindly to those. No. If you want my help, you must offer me that which only a king could give.”

From Literature

Some did not take kindly to the offer.

From Los Angeles Times

But baseball has always been different, fostering a deep-rooted culture in MLB that doesn’t take kindly to outsiders.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Now, the witch doesn’t take kindly to this perspective. Personally, I don’t blame her. It’s reductionist, it’s elitist, and it’s just plain icky. So the witch goes from zero to a hundred—and curses Benefo.”

From Literature

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