take a liking to

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Verb

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take a liking to (third-person singular simple present takes a liking to, present participle taking a liking to, simple past took a liking to, past participle taken a liking to)

  1. To develop a fondness for; to become infatuated with.
    • 1748, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure[1], page 33:
      He met casually with this Polly once in company, and taking a liking to her, makes it worth her while to keep entirely to him.
    • 1894, Justin McCarthy, Red diamonds[2], page 94:
      I don't know whether it does you credit or the reverse that I should have taken a liking to you.
    • 2006, Marc Eliot, Jimmy Stewart: A Biography[3]:
      He had taken a liking to Osgood Perkins and was fascinated by Perkins's understated but effective style of acting.

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