make up to sb
UK disapproving — phrasal verb with make /meɪk/ verb (made, made)Definition
› to be too friendly to someone or to praise them in order to get advantages: Have you seen the disgusting way she makes up to the boss?Praising insincerely or too eagerly
(Definition of make up to sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose verb
- crawler noun (TRYING TO PLEASE)
- creep noun (PERSON)
- cupboard love noun
- flattery noun
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing noun
- grovel verb (TRY TO PLEASE)
- idealize verb
- left-handed compliment noun
- love-in noun
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious adjective
- play up to sb phrasal verb
- schmooze verb
- suck up to sb phrasal verb
- sycophantic adjective
- toady noun
- unctuous adjective
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