I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fancy dress party British English , a costume party American English (= one where people wear unusual clothes, for example so they look like someone from a story )
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She went to the fancy dress party as Snow White.
a fancy restaurant informal (= expensive and fashionable )
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In some fancy restaurants, the chefs decorate the salads with flowers.
fancy dress
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an invitation to a fancy-dress party
fancy man
fancy woman
fancy/deft/nifty etc footwork
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It took a bit of deft footwork to get them to agree.
good/neat/fancy etc footwork
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The England keeper revealed some fancy footwork in the victory over Nottingham Forest.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
really
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Physically she had a lot more to offer than Kate, but for some unknown reason he really fancied the policewoman.
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Dear Melissa I really fancy this boy and I think he likes me too.
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I wouldn't really fancy that - it'd be no good to cuddle or nothing.
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I had quite a restless night, and did not really fancy the tea I was brought in the morning.
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The truth was I really fancied going there but I didn't even have the money to bunk the tube.
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Didn't really fancy staying in the country on my own.
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I really fancied myself doing that, but Mum would have none of it.
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Bella's puncturing of William's nostalgic romanticism with her admission that she never really fancied him.
■ NOUN
bit
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Read in studio Now, have you ever fancied yourself as a bit of a cowboy?
chance
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Van Rensburg perhaps fancies his chances in the red and white.
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Chap at the far end of the bar in a grey pin-stripe clearly fancied his chances .
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I hadn't been sober and I'd quite fancied my chances with one of the birds.
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If you fancy your chances at bigger shows think about a registered Mountain and Moorland for a fraction of the price.
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They certainly fancied their chances in the next event: swimming.
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They are beginning to quietly fancy their chances at Stamford Bridge.
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If you fancy your chances , contact Carolyn Andrews at the public affairs department who will send you the necessary registration forms.
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I saw his fancy woman by chance one day.
drink
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If I fancy a drink I have a drink.
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Not feeling thirsty, but fancying a drink , has a world of moments.
idea
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He didn't fancy the idea of being treated with a spanner if falling ill.
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The people we asked didn't much fancy the idea of eating lasagne and quaffing Lambrusco in an old lavatory.
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He was a middle class radical who fancied the idea of being around two real street kids.
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Derek had come along too, to keep me company and because he fancied the idea of hunting with hawks.
■ VERB
think
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I do think that Ken fancied me, and he actually said he thought I was beautiful.
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Surely, everyone thought , something fancy happened in those six layers, all of which send axons to the visual cortex.
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Never let them think she knew they fancied her.
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I think I fancy a well-paid job with a firm that won't go bust.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fancy sb rotten
flight of fancy/imagination/fantasy
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A small, balding academic sort not given to flights of fancy, Kolodney wasted no words as he made his announcement.
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In their more extravagant flights of fancy the choice thus offered to the voter is extended to cover specific heads of policy.
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Many are flights of imagination and, because of the very nature of the area, subjective.
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Other routines are pure flights of fancy, all the more extraordinary for the very ordinary setting.
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Part of the achievement of the visionary comes from inspiration that arises from considering the highest flights of imagination.
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The legend - the romantic flight of fancy was over.
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There are some strange flights of fancy and there are also some extremely down to earth not to say earthy observations.
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This is not a flight of fancy.
pigeon/horse etc fancier
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Although this usage has almost disappeared, it is still visible in pigeon fanciers .
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Robert is a pigeon fancier and a member of the Johnstone Social Flying Club.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the girls fancy Bob.
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Archer fancied that she had been told of his coming.
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Do you fancy a drink?
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Do you fancy a walk in the park, Estelle?
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Everyone knows you fancy Sara. Why don't you ask her out?
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Fenella really fancied the drummer and went over to chat to him after the concert.
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I really fancy going for a swim.
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I think he's always fancied a car like Lizzie's.
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I think Stevie fancies you.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But perhaps some one did - does - fancy Mme Wyatt.
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I just didn't fancy her and that was all there was to it.
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Is there anything you fancy in your room?
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Krause has always fancied himself a keen talent scout first.
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Marx was not a humanist, though he fancied himself to be.
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No such thoughts troubled her, he fancied.
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She fancied that she could hear voices, and that the voices might belong to creatures like herself.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
catch
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Have you been trawling the sales and picking up every urn and tub that caught your fancy ?
pass
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The tandem has turned running into more than a passing fancy at Stanford.
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I only clinched when I had to, and I learned to view minor injuries as passing fancies .
strike
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You get the sense that Wideman was open to anything that struck his fancy .
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Blame our education system or other combinations of causes that strike your fancy .
take
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I'd wander down the high street, frittering away on whatever took my fancy .
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When Oates took his fancy passing to Boston, Cam Neely thrived.
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The lady had always been a bit flighty in her mind - nervous, delicate, taking odd fancies .
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Selection is not a matter of having everything that takes your fancy .
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Turn to page 14 to see which takes your fancy .
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I am just glad I wasn't Anne Boleyn, or some other lady who took his fancy .
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And you use everyone, for whatever little scheme takes your fancy .
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They could be friendly: She took a great fancy to me, used to buy me presents.
tickle
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So, if a tarantula could tickle your fancy , Ray may be able to help.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fancy sb rotten
flight of fancy/imagination/fantasy
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A small, balding academic sort not given to flights of fancy, Kolodney wasted no words as he made his announcement.
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In their more extravagant flights of fancy the choice thus offered to the voter is extended to cover specific heads of policy.
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Many are flights of imagination and, because of the very nature of the area, subjective.
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Other routines are pure flights of fancy, all the more extraordinary for the very ordinary setting.
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Part of the achievement of the visionary comes from inspiration that arises from considering the highest flights of imagination.
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The legend - the romantic flight of fancy was over.
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There are some strange flights of fancy and there are also some extremely down to earth not to say earthy observations.
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This is not a flight of fancy.
pigeon/horse etc fancier
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Although this usage has almost disappeared, it is still visible in pigeon fanciers .
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Robert is a pigeon fancier and a member of the Johnstone Social Flying Club.
tickle sb's fancy
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The poet Emily Dickinson is known for her brilliant fancies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His commands are absolute; no man may tailor them to suit his fancy .
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One just wishes his fancy had slightly more to offer.
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You get the sense that Wideman was open to anything that struck his fancy .
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
dress
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No, I am not going to a fancy dress party, but to work.
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Every day the children worry about their Hallowe'en costumes for the school fancy dress parade.
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A masked fancy dress ball in Cannes, especially at the Villa Russe, was an event.
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Shooting parties, picnics, fancy dress .
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At Christmastime in the City these days, there were more fancy dress police than real ones.
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A mini ramp jam with fancy dress and the odd one foot tail grab ollie.
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Less serious runners also compete wearing fancy dress .
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A fancy dress parade again preceded the match, and there was a funfair, sideshows and trade stands.
footwork
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He wasn't up to the fancy footwork required for duelling on the high seas.
restaurant
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Why be skeptical when I could be eating a free dinner at a fancy restaurant ?
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He could invite friends to a fancy restaurant or away on a weekend trip.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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fancy butter
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fancy skiing
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a velvet jacket with fancy buttons
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The Web site has a lot of fancy graphics.
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We stayed in a fancy Victorian hotel in San Francisco.
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We stayed in this really fancy hotel in the mountains.
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You'd think a fancy restaurant like this would have better service.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the 1970s, as sports revenues from television soared, it was fashionable to build multipurpose stadiums with few fancy facilities.
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In the past, he has been a fundamental coach whose teams were not fancy but very well conditioned and drilled.
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Phoney psychics could milk their rich clients for years, charging fancy prices for rap sessions with the dear departed.
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Shooting parties, picnics, fancy dress.
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The fancy taste for ornaments and trinkets displayed by these peculiar birds appealed to the Victorian dilettante.
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There is a fancy mailbox in the shape of a mallard with the name Alvesteffer beneath it.