Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take a liking to” and its meaning is “begin to like someone or something; be attracted to someone or something; crave, desire, yearn for, wish for, dream of, aspire to, go for”.
Example Sentence: Neeraj Chopra, who won the Olympic gold in the javelin throw at Tokyo Olympics is a Subedar in the Army and enrolled in 4 Rajputana Rifles as a direct entry Naib Subedar on May 15, 2016. After joining the Army, he was selected for training at Mission Olympics Wing and Army Sports Institute in Pune. Neeraj started javelin to reduce weight as he was quite healthy and quickly took a liking for the sport. The rest is now history,” an officer said.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Subedar Neeraj Chopra — an Olympian and a soldier and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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