take a shine to
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[edit]Verb
[edit]take a shine to (third-person singular simple present takes a shine to, present participle taking a shine to, simple past took a shine to, past participle taken a shine to)
- (transitive) To become fond of something or somone.
- He took a shine to jazz.
- 2022 August 24, Peter Bradshaw, “Mr Malcolm’s List review – Regency romcom served with cake-icing of irony”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Meanwhile handsome ex-cavalryman Captain Henry Ossory (Theo James) seems to have taken a shine to Selina as well; he is so tight-trousered his fly button will surely have someone’s eye out.