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taking someone's fancy

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

What is taking someone's fancy the present participle and gerund of?
Taking someone's fancy is the present participle and gerund of take someone's fancy.

Words near taking someone's fancy in the dictionary

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

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