suck up to someone

disapproving — phrasal verb with suck

/sʌk/ verb

Definition

› to try to win the approval and good opinion of someone in authority: She’s always sucking up to the boss, telling him how wonderful he is.

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succulent adjective
succumb verb
such adjective (SO GREAT)
such adjective, pronoun (OF THAT TYPE)
such and such adjective, pronoun
suck up to someone phrasal verb
suck verb (BE BAD)
suck verb (PULL IN)
sucker noun (CANDY)
sucker noun (FOOLISH PERSON)
sucker noun (THING)

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