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catching someone's fancy

catching someone's fancy is the present participle and gerund 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 catching someone's fancy

What is catching someone's fancy the present participle and gerund of?
Catching someone's fancy is the present participle and gerund of catch someone's fancy.

Words near catching someone's fancy in the dictionary

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

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