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sweet on en · ADJ
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(informal) Enamored with; fond of.
"Yes, I Am sweet on Lucy, an' she won't have me," said Slone, steadily. "I asked her to let me come to you an' tell you I wanted to marry her."
1917, Zane Grey, chapter 14, in Wildfire:Officer Degan is sweet on Johanna. I expect wedding bells any day.
2007, P. M. Carlson, "Frightened Out of Fear" in Sisters on the Case, Sara Paretsky (ed.), p. 26 (Google preview)Silas had said, "John Jago is too sweet on Naomi not to come back."
1874, Wilkie Collins, chapter 9, in The Dead Alive:And they behave as corporations are supposed to do, maximizing their profits . . . and pumping money into the political process to keep Washington sweet on their interests.'
2000 July 19, Tony Karon, “Drug Companies Are Supposed to Profit From Human Suffering”, in Time:
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