sweet on (one)

sweet on (one)

Smitten with or enamored of someone. I think Samantha's getting a little sweet on her older sister's boyfriend. What about you, Tommy—anyone in school you're sweet on?

See also: on, sweet

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*sweet on someone

Rur. fond of someone. (Typically: be ~; become ~.) Tom is sweet on Mary. He may ask her to marry him. Mary's sweet on him, too.

See also: on, sweet

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

sweet on

Informal

Enamored of; in love with.

See also: on, sweet

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