take a fancy to

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English

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To become fond of someone or something.
    • 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 36:
      And they’ve taken a fancy to me, Aunt said. Kitto and the others. That means they like me.

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