| 单词 | suck up to someone |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to flatter (a person in authority) in order to get something, such as praise or promotion She kept sucking up to the teachers. Synonyms ingratiate yourself with play up to (informal) curry favour with flatter I knew he was just flattering me. pander to toady They came backstage, cooing and toadying to him. butter up kiss someone's ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang) brown-nose (taboo, slang) keep in with (informal) fawn on truckle lick someone's boots dance attendance on get on the right side of worm yourself into (someone's) favour Additional synonymsin the sense of flatter Definition to praise insincerely, esp. in order to win favour I knew he was just flattering me. Synonyms praise, compliment, pander to, sweet-talk (informal), court, humour, puff, flannel (British, informal), fawn, cajole, lay it on (thick) (slang), wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap (informal), butter up, blandishin the sense of toady Definition to fawn on and flatter (someone) They came backstage, cooing and toadying to him. Synonyms fawn on, flatter, grovel, creep, crawl, cringe, pander to, suck up to (informal), curry favour with, butter up, kiss someone's ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang), brown-nose (taboo, slang), kowtow to, bow and scrape, lick someone's boots, kiss the feet of, lick someone's arse (taboo, slang), be obsequious to in the sense of truckle Definition to yield weakly or give in Synonyms give in, yield, concede, submit, give way, defer, crouch, stoop, cringe, fawn, pander to, toady, bend the knee, knuckle under, kowtow, bow and scrape, lick (someone's) boots Nearby words of |
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