toady
noun [C] /ˈtəʊ.di/
/ˈtoʊ-/ disapprovingDefinition
› a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from themPraising insincerely or too eagerly toady verb [I] › She was always toadying to the boss.Praising insincerely or too eagerly
(Definition of toady noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- make up to sb phrasal verb
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