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brown-noseˈbrown-nose verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEbrown-nose |
Present | I, you, we, they | brown-nose | | he, she, it | brown-noses | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | brown-nosed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have brown-nosed | | he, she, it | has brown-nosed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had brown-nosed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will brown-nose | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have brown-nosed |
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Present | I | am brown-nosing | | he, she, it | is brown-nosing | | you, we, they | are brown-nosing | Past | I, he, she, it | was brown-nosing | | you, we, they | were brown-nosing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been brown-nosing | | he, she, it | has been brown-nosing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been brown-nosing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be brown-nosing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been brown-nosing |
- Kids don't want other kids to think they're brown-nosing, so they don't tell teachers when they've enjoyed a class.
to be too friendly to someone in authority► suck up to somebody informal also creep up to somebody British informal, also kiss up to somebody American informal to say or do a lot of nice things to someone in authority, in order to make them like you and help you in some way - use this to show disapproval: · Sucking up to the teacher doesn't mean you'll pass your exams.· I'm not going to kiss up to anyone for favors.· He was creeping up to the interviewer, trying to look good. ► grovel to behave in a very respectful, obedient way towards someone, because you want them to help you or forgive you: · If a police officer stops your car, be respectful to him, but don't grovel.grovel for: · The department is having to grovel for money again.grovel to British: · I grovelled to my parents and promised I wouldn't do it again. ► brown-nose informal to be very nice to someone in authority and help them do things in order to try to make them like you and help you - use this to show disapproval: · Kids don't want other kids to think they're brown-nosing, so they don't tell teachers when they've enjoyed a class. ► creep British someone who pretends to really respect or admire someone, but only in order to make the other person like them or do something for them: · She's such a creep at work.· Will's the class creep, and the teachers don't notice. informal to try to make someone in authority like you by being very nice to them – used to show disapproval—brown-noser noun [countable]—brown-nosing noun [uncountable] |