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took someone's fancy

took someone's fancy is the simple past 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 took someone's fancy

What is took someone's fancy the simple past of?
Took someone's fancy is the simple past of take someone's fancy.

Words near took someone's fancy in the dictionary

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

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