take a fancy to someone

take a fancy to someone
informal
to suddenly start to like someone or to become sexually attracted to them

I think Sam really took a fancy to you!


English dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • take a fancy to someone — informal phrase to suddenly start to like someone or to become sexually attracted to them I think Sam really took a fancy to you! Thesaurus: feeling sexual excitement or desiresynonym sexual activityhyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • take a fancy to someone — take a fancy to (someone/something) to start liking someone or wanting something very much. I think my sister has taken a fancy to you …   New idioms dictionary

  • take a fancy to something — take a fancy to (someone/something) to start liking someone or wanting something very much. I think my sister has taken a fancy to you …   New idioms dictionary

  • take a fancy to — (someone/something) to start liking someone or wanting something very much. I think my sister has taken a fancy to you …   New idioms dictionary

  • take a fancy —    If you take a fancy to someone or something, you develop a fondness for them or begin to like them.     I think Paul has taken a fancy to the new intern! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take a fancy to —    If you take a fancy to someone or something, you develop a fondness for them or begin to like them.     I think Paul has taken a fancy to the new intern! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take a fancy for — • take a fancy to/for smb • take a liking to smb • take to smb (from Idioms in Speech) (smb) to like (often followed by immediately). I met this young man in the train just now, and I ve taken a fancy to him already. Mr. Short himself had taken a …   Idioms and examples

  • take a fancy to — • take a fancy to/for smb • take a liking to smb • take to smb (from Idioms in Speech) (smb) to like (often followed by immediately). I met this young man in the train just now, and I ve taken a fancy to him already. Mr. Short himself had taken a …   Idioms and examples

  • fancy — [fan′sē] n. pl. fancies [ME fantsy, contr. < fantasie: see FANTASY] 1. imagination, now esp. light, playful, or whimsical imagination 2. illusion or delusion 3. a mental image 4. an arbitrary idea; notion; caprice; whim 5. an …   English World dictionary

  • fancy — I UK [ˈfænsɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms fancy : present tense I/you/we/they fancy he/she/it fancies present participle fancying past tense fancied past participle fancied ** 1) British informal to want to have or do something What do you… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”