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catches someone's fancy

catches someone's fancy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of catch someone's fancy.

Meaning of catch someone's fancy

Verb

catch someone's fancy (third-person singular simple present catches someone's fancy, present participle catching someone's fancy, simple past and past participle caught someone's fancy)

  1. Synonym of strike someone's fancy.

Questions about catches someone's fancy

What is catches someone's fancy the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Catches someone's fancy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of catch someone's fancy.

Words near catches someone's fancy in the dictionary

  1. catches someone napping
  2. catches someone with a hand in the cookie jar
  3. catches someone with their pants down
  4. catches someone's drift
  5. catches someone's eye
  6. catches someone's fancy
  7. catches step
  8. catches strays
  9. catches the bus
  10. catches the eye
  11. catches the light

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