take personally

take personally (third-person singular simple present takes personally, present participle taking personally, simple past took personally, past participle taken personally)

1. (transitive) To regard someone's remarks as offensive or hostile.

• take the wrong way
• take offence
• take exception

• “take it personally”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “take sth personally”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “take something personally” (US) / “take something personally” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “take something personally” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.