fawn over



fawn (all) over someone

Fig. to flatter someone or attend to someone excessively; to curry favor with someone. Please stop fawning all over the guests. You are embarrassing me. She always fawns over us when we visit.
See also: fawn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Herut-Hebrew
JoaquÍNhwah-KEENSpanish
Njord-Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Gage[geidʒ]
Huang-Chinese
LinusLIE-nəs (English), LEE-nuws (German, Swedish)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized), German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish