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Verb
strike someone's fancy (third-person singular simple present strikes someone's fancy, present participle striking someone's fancy, simple past and past participle struck someone's fancy)
- To attract or appeal to someone.
- Synonyms: take someone's fancy, catch someone's fancy
Some of the china ornaments in the gift shop struck my fancy.
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- “strike someone's fancy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “strike your fancy”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “strike someone's fancy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.