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Liked friend of Dorothy receiving fine (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

took to

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'liked friend' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with human feelings as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'dorothy receiving fine' is the wordplay.
'dorothy' becomes 'toto' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'fine' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'toto' placed around 'ok' is 'TOOK TO'.

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for took to that I've seen is " Fancied".)

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