"fuzzy over" meaning in All languages combined

See fuzzy over on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: fuzzies over [present, singular, third-person], fuzzying over [participle, present], fuzzied over [participle, past], fuzzied over [past]
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  1. To obscure and make indiscernible
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