take a shine to

take a shine to somebody

to like someone immediately Amy took a shine to Nick, but her friends weren't so sure he was the right guy for her.

(informal)

to like someone immediately I think Andrew has taken a bit of a shine to our new member of staff.

Informal

To like spontaneously.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
JosÉ	ho-SE (Spanish), zhoo-ZE (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Stirling	STUR-ling	English (Rare)
Narcisa	-	Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian
Yannick	-	Breton, French
Olufunke	-	Western African, Yoruba
Tonia	TAHN-yə	English