strike someone's fancy

English

Verb

strike someone's fancy (third-person singular simple present strikes someone's fancy, present participle striking someone's fancy, simple past and past participle struck someone's fancy)

1. To attract or appeal to someone.

   Synonyms: take someone's fancy, catch someone's fancy

   Some of the china ornaments in the gift shop struck my fancy.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: miellyttää (fi)

See also

• tickle someone's fancy

Further reading

• “strike someone's fancy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “strike your fancy”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “strike someone's fancy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.