"take a fancy to" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> a fancy to"
      },
      "expansion": "take a fancy to (third-person singular simple present takes a fancy to, present participle taking a fancy to, simple past took a fancy to, past participle taken a fancy to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "And they’ve taken a fancy to me, Aunt said. Kitto and the others. That means they like me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become fond of someone or something."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_a_fancy_to-en-verb-yGFH1my8",
      "links": [
        [
          "fond",
          "fond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To become fond of someone or something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take a liking to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a shine to"
        },
        {
          "word": "take a shining to"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a fancy to"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a fancy to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> a fancy to"
      },
      "expansion": "take a fancy to (third-person singular simple present takes a fancy to, present participle taking a fancy to, simple past took a fancy to, past participle taken a fancy to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 36:",
          "text": "And they’ve taken a fancy to me, Aunt said. Kitto and the others. That means they like me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become fond of someone or something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fond",
          "fond"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To become fond of someone or something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take a liking to"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a shine to"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a shining to"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take a fancy to"
}