fuss over
verb
fussed over; fussing over; fusses over
: to pay a lot of attention to (someone or something) in a nervous or excited way
Everyone fussed over the baby.
He spent hours fussing over the details of the speech.
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People will no longer fuss over confusing hirings and firings or head-scratching trades and free-agent signings of the past.
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James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Your 9th House of Mental Growth takes the spotlight as the empathetic Moon fusses over combative Mars.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
The house dated to the 1870s and had been broken into apartments, but the family didn’t fuss over it much.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
Why so much fuss over such a small and unassuming fish?
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
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James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Your 9th House of Mental Growth takes the spotlight as the empathetic Moon fusses over combative Mars.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
The house dated to the 1870s and had been broken into apartments, but the family didn’t fuss over it much.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
Why so much fuss over such a small and unassuming fish?
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for fuss over
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“Fuss over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuss%20over. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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