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calf love

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puppy love

[puppy love] also [calf love] {n.}, {informal} The first love of very young people. * /When John and Mary began going around together in junior high school, their parents said […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[love] See: [FOR LOVE OR MONEY], [IN LOVE], [LABOR OF LOVE], [MAKE LOVE], [NO LOVE LOST], [PUPPY LOVE] also [CALF LOVE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[make love] {v. phr.} 1. To be warm, loving, and tender toward someone of the opposite sex; try to get him or her to love you too. * /There was […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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