suck up
Misollar
- All you do is suck up to Tom.
- My coworker really knows how to suck up to the boss.
fe’l verb
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To absorb (fluid).
The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
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(chiefly with "to") To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.
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