sweet on

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1. informalEnamored with; fond of.

   Officer Degan is sweet on Johanna. I expect wedding bells any day.

   2007, P. M. Carlson, "Frightened Out of Fear" in Sisters on the Case, Sara Paretsky (ed.), p. 26 (Google preview)

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   Silas had said, "John Jago is too sweet on Naomi not to come back."

   1874, Wilkie Collins, chapter 9, in The Dead Alive

   "Yes, I Am sweet on Lucy, an' she won't have me," said Slone, steadily. "I asked her to let me come to you an' tell you I wanted to marry her."

   1917, Zane Grey, chapter 14, in Wildfire

   And they behave as corporations are supposed to do, maximizing their profits . . . and pumping money into the political process to keep Washington sweet on their interests.'

   2000 July 19, Tony Karon, “Drug Companies Are Supposed to Profit From Human Suffering”, in Time