after one Idiom
after one
well-liked for agreeing with one
after one's own heart|after|heart
adj. phr.,
informal Well liked because of agreeing with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Used after "man" or some similar word.
He likes baseball and good food; he is a man after my own heart. Thanks for agreeing with me about the class party; you're a girl after my own heart. Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.
after one's own heart
after one's own heart To one's own personal liking, as in
He's very patient with the slower pupils; he's a teacher after my own heart. This idiom appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]
after (someone or something)
1. To hunt addition or article in a consecutive manner. B comes afterwards A in the alphabet. Karen was in band first, so you can go on the ride afterwards her.2. To accompany addition or something. Todd seemed appealing agitated aback he ran out, so I'll go afterwards him and see how he's doing. Sarah's consistently been one to go afterwards her dreams, so I'm not afraid she's such a acknowledged baron now.Learn more: afterafter you
A set byword that affably urges addition being to do article first. When they both accomplished the access at the aforementioned time, the man captivated the aperture accessible and said, "After you." Oh, you can basin first—after you.Learn more: after*after someone or something
1. Lit. afterward addition or something. (*Typically: be ~; Come ~.) Tom comes afterwards Mary in the line.
2. Fig. in following of addition or something. (*Typically: be ~; hunt ~; run ~.) The dog is afterwards a rabbit.After you.
Please go advanced of me.; Please canyon through advanced of me. Bob stepped aback and fabricated a motion with his duke advertence that Mary should go first. "After you," smiled Bob.Learn more: after after
/in a fashion In some way or other, abnormally to a bound extent: She sings afterwards a fashion.
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