To try to please or win the favour of (a person) by obsequious speech or conduct; to court, fawn upon. †Also intr. to flatter with.

figurative. to claw the back of, or to claw by the back: to ‘stroke down’, flatter, fawn upon. So to claw (a person's) toe, to claw by the sleeve. Obs…

transitive. to pick a thank (also thanks): to curry favour. Cf. pickthank, n. adj. Obsolete.

Thence claw itself came to mean: To flatter, cajole, wheedle, fawn upon. Obsolete exc. dialect.

figurative. to claw the back of, or to claw by the back: to ‘stroke down’, flatter, fawn upon. So to claw (a person's) toe, to claw by the sleeve. Obs…

figurative. to claw the back of, or to claw by the back: to ‘stroke down’, flatter, fawn upon. So to claw (a person's) toe, to claw by the sleeve. Obs…

transitive. To cringe to (a person). Obsolete. rare.

Homage such as is offered at court; attention or courtship shown to one whose favour, affection, or interest is sought: in to makeor pay (one's) cou…

transitive. Originally: to flatter in an obsequious or sycophantic manner, to fawn on; (now usually) to praise or admire uncritically or excessively.

figurative. To exhibit fondness for; spec. to caress or court, in order to get favour or patronage.

transitive. To act the sycophant towards. To flatter meanly; also intransitive to play the sycophant (= sycophantize, v. 2).

intransitive. to make up to: to make advances to (a person); to pay court to; to curry favour with.

intransitive. with it, in same sense (see also whippet, v.); also figurative in to whip it in with, ? to ingratiate oneself with. Obsolete.

transitive. To try to win the friendship or favour of (a person), now esp. with implications of flattery.

figurative. To offer flattering homage or adulation to; to flatter. ? Obsolete.

absol. or intransitive. To use soft flattering words; (of an animal) to fawn; †to wheedle in with, to curry favour with; †to wheedle with = sense 1.

transitive. to grandfather up: (perhaps) to flatter with excessive deference. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. To fondle, to flatter, in a disgusting or sycophantic manner.

transitive. To act as a toady to; to toady. Also intransitive.

intransitive. To act in a play, etc., so as to support or assist another actor; (hence) to support, back up; to flatter.

transitive. slang. To curry favour with; to court, flatter, ingratiate oneself with (originally as part of a deception or swindle). Obsolete.

transitive. To play the toady to; to flatter, or attend to with servility from interested motives.

To curry favour (with); to toady (to).

intransitive. to suck up to, to curry favour with; to toady to. (Also without to.) slang (originally Schoolboy slang). Cf. sucker-up n. at sucker, n.…

transitive to toady to (a person).

slang. To treat (a person) in a pleasant, agreeable manner, with the object of keeping him in good humour or of obtaining a favour from him. Const. up…

transitive. To behave obsequiously towards; to curry favour with. Cf. arse-lick, v. 1, ass-lick, v. 2.

transitive. To flatter (a person) excessively or insincerely, esp. with the aim of gaining favour or advancement. Cf. ass-lick, v. 2.

intransitive. Colloquial phrase (chiefly U.S.) to cosy up to: to snuggle up to; to become friendly with; to ingratiate oneself with (someone).

transitive. To curry favour with; to behave obsequiously towards; to flatter.

transitive. To flatter (a person) excessively or insincerely, esp. with the aim of gaining favour or advancement.

transitive. To curry favour with; to behave obsequiously towards; to flatter.

transitive. To subject (a person) to an effusive demonstration of approval or affection, esp. as means to gain trust, loyalty, or compliance…