fawn over/onsomeone
phrasal verbwithfawnverbuk/fɔːn/us/fɑːn/
disapprovingtopraisesomeone too much and give them a lot ofattentionthat is notsincere, inorderto get apositivereaction:
Ihatewaiterswhofawnover you.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- idealize
- obsequious
- people pleaser
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous