БРАТЬ МОДУ
• БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ МОДУ highly coll
[VP; subj: human; often foll. by infin]
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⇒ to adopt a certain life style, habit etc (usu. a disagreeable one from the speaker's point of view), start doing sth. habitually:
- X взял моду делать Y ≈ X took to doing Y;
- X got into the habit of doing Y;
- X picked up the habit of doing Y.
♦ Последнее время моя сестра взяла моду вставать после полудня. Lately my sister has taken to getting up after noon.