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struck someone's fancy

struck someone's fancy is the simple past and past participle of strike someone's fancy.

Meaning of strike someone's fancy

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)

  1. To attract or appeal to someone.
    • Some of the china ornaments in the gift shop struck my fancy.

Questions about struck someone's fancy

What is struck someone's fancy the simple past and past participle of?
Struck someone's fancy is the simple past and past participle of strike someone's fancy.

Words near struck someone's fancy in the dictionary

  1. struck oil
  2. struck one's colors
  3. struck one's flag
  4. struck out
  5. struck someone when they were down
  6. struck someone's fancy
  7. struck tallies
  8. struck the colors
  9. struck the iron while it's hot
  10. struck the tent
  11. struck through

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