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Meanings of fawn on in English

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Usage of fawn on in English
1
Deucalion, the way these people fawn on me gives me a nausea.
The Lost Continent
2
You pet them and fawn on them, and naturally they get conceited.
A Woman Intervenes
3
It stopped as it passed the master, and tried to fawn on him.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
4
Thank God, I never learned to fawn on the hand that lashed me.
Queed: A Novel
5
Women fawn on them, take fancies to them, and spoil them.
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
6
The rulers of the old world fawn on our financiers and envy their power.
The Root of Evil
7
The insolent women should fawn on me and fear me.
Jezebel's Daughter
8
If you give power to Marylebone, they will fawn on the householders of Marylebone.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
9
If you leave power to Gatton, they will fawn on the proprietor of Gatton.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
10
I must fawn on him as my benefactor, I suppose.
The Northern Iron
11
Are we all jackals, to fawn on this cattle butcher?
The Jungle Book
12
Dogs do the same; they will fawn on one person, they slink snarling from another.
The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
13
Phil put down her fawn on a mound of soft grass and flashed cheerfully in.
Madge Morton's Secret
14
Not the least of Manson's obnoxious habits was his tendency to fawn on his superiors.
Crown of Slaves
15
In a minute or so I'm going to fawn on him and make all well.
Something New
16
He will either stare blankly at me or fawn on me like a faithful watchdog.
Piccadilly Jim
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