kiss up
中级 (B1) informal
To be extra nice to someone important so they will like you and give you things.
"Everyone could see he was kissing up to get promoted before the annual review."
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Just had to kiss up.
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Real Time with Bill Maher · 15:36
He likes to punch down and kiss up.
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then he's going to kiss up to that.
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I don't want the nobody to believe Cheryl trying to kiss up the people.
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André Duqum · 56:21
You kiss up to the boss and you're his friend and you you hang around.