take kindly

Verb

 * 1)  To like, accept, or condone.
 * 2) * 1927-29,, ', translated 1940''' by , Part I, Chapter xiii:
 * An English passenger, taking kindly to me, drew me into conversation. He was older than I. He asked me what I ate, what I was, where I was going, why I was shy, and so on. He also advised me to come to table. He laughed at my insistence on abjuring meat,

Usage notes

 * Sometimes used colloquially of inanimate objects: "the equipment did not take kindly to being stored in a damp room for months on end".