"go gaga over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes gaga over [present, singular, third-person], going gaga over [participle, present], went gaga over [past], gone gaga over [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> gaga over}} go gaga over (third-person singular simple present goes gaga over, present participle going gaga over, simple past went gaga over, past participle gone gaga over)
  1. (informal) To receive positively or react to with enthusiasm, especially to an excessive degree. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-go_gaga_over-en-verb-5cAAe0ao Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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