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fuss over

fuss over verb: to be overly attentive to someone or something.

Verb

fuss over (third-person singular simple present fusses over, present participle fussing over, simple past and past participle fussed over)

  1. (transitive) To be overly attentive to someone or something.

Forms of fuss over

third-person singular presentfusses over
present participlefussing over
past participlefussed over
pastfussed over

Questions about fuss over

What does fuss over mean?
Fuss over means to be overly attentive to someone or something.
What part of speech is fuss over?
Fuss over is a verb.
What is the past tense of fuss over?
The past tense of fuss over is fussed over.

Words near fuss over in the dictionary

  1. fusospirochete
  2. fusospirochetes
  3. fuss
  4. fuss and feathers
  5. fuss around
  6. fuss over
  7. fuss-budget
  8. fuss-budgetry
  9. fuss-budgets
  10. fussable
  11. fussbudget

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