单词 | to smarm one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto smarm one's way b. to smarm one's way: to make one's way by flattery or toadying. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (intransitive)] > make one's way by flattery to smarm one's way1940 1940 G. D. H. Cole & M. Cole Counterpoint Murder i. 15 I am going to report you to Mr. Marston. So it's no use you thinking you can smarm your way out of it. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 June 692/4 He is as convincing an uncaught villain as any in crime fiction; cautious and false, smarming his way into the upper reaches of such a society as only such a man would seek to crawl into. < as lemmas |
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