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taken someone's fancy

taken someone's fancy is the past participle of take someone's fancy.

Meaning of take someone's fancy

Verb

take someone's fancy (third-person singular simple present takes someone's fancy, present participle taking someone's fancy, simple past took someone's fancy, past participle taken someone's fancy)

  1. Synonym of strike someone's fancy.

Questions about taken someone's fancy

What is taken someone's fancy the past participle of?
Taken someone's fancy is the past participle of take someone's fancy.

Words near taken someone's fancy in the dictionary

  1. taken someone for all they've got
  2. taken someone to the grave
  3. taken someone up short
  4. taken someone's arm
  5. taken someone's breath away
  6. taken someone's fancy
  7. taken someone's head off
  8. taken someone's life
  9. taken someone's name in vain
  10. taken someone's part
  11. taken someone's place

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