have a crush on
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He is in the same one-on-one essay sessions with Oliver and their professor, but Farleigh gets out of doing schoolwork by talking about his mom whom the professor used to have a crush on.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
I didn't have a crush on him at all, but that isn't even the point.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023
People write “lol” online while sitting silently at their keyboards, and fans who think “I have a crush on Harry Styles” will instead write “I want Harry Styles to run me over with his car.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022
We don’t know that Cholmondeley didn’t have a crush on Jean.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022
“And anyway, I don’t have a crush on them. They’re clearly in love with someone else.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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