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sweet on, be
sweet on, be
Enamored of, in love with, as in I think Barbara's sweet on Nick. This colloquial idiom was first recorded in 1740.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Emmy | | EM-ee (English) | English, Dutch |
| Caryl | | KER-əl, KAR-əl | English |
| Joel | | ['dʒəuəl] | |
| Cnut | | KNOOT (English), KNYOOT (English) | History |
| Frediano | | fre-DYAH-no | Italian |
| Sefu | | - | Eastern African, Swahili |