"fawn over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fawns over [present, singular, third-person], fawning over [participle, present], fawned over [participle, past], fawned over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fawn over (third-person singular simple present fawns over, present participle fawning over, simple past and past participle fawned over)
  1. (transitive) To praise excessively in order to get a favor. Tags: transitive Translations (praise excessively to get a favor): enxalzar (Galician), exaltar (Galician), encomiar (Galician), gabar (Galician), hofieren (German), umschmeicheln (German), mit Lob überschütten (German)
    Sense id: en-fawn_over-en-verb-C3y7rN4C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over)

Download JSON data for fawn over meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        "(transitive) To praise excessively in order to get a favor."
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
          "word": "enxalzar"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
          "word": "encomiar"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
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          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
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          "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
      "word": "enxalzar"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
      "word": "exaltar"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
      "word": "encomiar"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
      "word": "gabar"
    },
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      "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
      "word": "hofieren"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "praise excessively to get a favor",
      "word": "umschmeicheln"
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