take a liking to
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]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)
- 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.