take a fancy to

Meaning

1. take a fancy to sb / sth

   to start liking sb / sth, often without an obvious reason

In the movies · 6

• Whatever takes your fancy, my young friend.Gangs of New York2002
• You are most welcome to borrow any book of mine that takes your fancy.Mary Reilly1996
• How about this? Any beach that takes your fancy anywhere in the world, I'll get for you.Local Hero1983
• Why don't you take one of them fancy antacid pills you always brag about?Something the Lord Made2004
• Take Fancy Free, "Morning Line, 12-1."Key Largo1948
• You know, you're proof that it takes more than a fancy resume to make it big in New York. Right?Tom & Jerry2021

From the same entry

• as the fancy takes you
• catch fancy
• tickle fancy