fuss over
phrasal 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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But a writer holed up in a room for hours on end, furiously chewing through pack after pack of gum while churning out page after page — pausing to rearrange sections, fussing over adjectives — does not compelling stagecraft make.
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
But this is a silly award that’s not worth making much fuss over.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Maybe in the scheme of things, the death toll from driving through New York City isn’t worth fussing over.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
Phil Ross: Groomed, fed, and fussed over by robots?
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
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Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
But this is a silly award that’s not worth making much fuss over.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
Maybe in the scheme of things, the death toll from driving through New York City isn’t worth fussing over.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
Phil Ross: Groomed, fed, and fussed over by robots?
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014
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“Fuss over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuss%20over. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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