"crush on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-crush on.wav [US] Forms: crushes on [present, singular, third-person], crushing on [participle, present], crushed on [participle, past], crushed on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} crush on (third-person singular simple present crushes on, present participle crushing on, simple past and past participle crushed on)
  1. have a crush on, be infatuated with (especially when unannounced)
    Sense id: en-crush_on-en-verb-gJgybEmX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on)

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