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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 |
|---|
| Cece | | SEE-see | English |
| Rosanne | | ro-ZAN (English), ro-ZAHN-nə (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
| LÓEgaire | | - | Irish Mythology, Ancient Irish |
| Mack (2) | | - | Medieval English |
| Meshullam | | - | Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Dye | | [dɑi] | |