make up to sb
UK disapproving— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
to be too friendly to someone or to praise them in order to get advantages for yourself:
Have you seen the disgusting way she makes up to the boss?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing
- grovel
- idealize
- left-handed compliment
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- unctuous
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