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under someone's spell



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Idioms and Phrases

Fascinated or influenced by someone, as in I think he has our daughter under his spell . This idiom derives from the literal meaning of spell , “a word or formula that has magical power.” [Mid-1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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