Today’s “Word of the Day” is fawn over/on and it is a phrasal verb meaning “to praise someone excessively with the purpose of getting favour; to flatter someone excessively; sweet-talk, butter up”
Example Sentence: Close Trump allies such as Israel, meanwhile, voiced concern that the government’s fawning over Trump during the past four years might severely damage its relationship with Washington after Wednesday’s events.
This word is present in The Guardian article World leaders react with horror to ‘disgraceful’ storming of US Capitol, and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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