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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

take a liking to en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To develop a fondness for; to become infatuated with.
    • I don't know whether it does you credit or the reverse that I should have taken a liking to you. 1894, Justin McCarthy, Red diamonds, page 94:
    • 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. 1748, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, page 33:
    • He had taken a liking to Osgood Perkins and was fascinated by Perkins's understated but effective style of acting. 2006, Marc Eliot, Jimmy Stewart: A Biography:

Forms

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taking a liking to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
taken a liking to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
takes a liking to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
took a liking to Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

take a shine to