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Phrase(s): smother someone or something with something
1. Lit. to suffocate someone or something with something. • The villain tried to smother his victim with a pillow. • Fred tried to smother the cat with a plastic bag. 2. Fig. to cover someone or something with something. (An exaggeration.) • She smothered him with kisses. • Aunt Margaret smothered us with the ruff les on the front of her dress when she hugged us.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs