| 单词 | play up to someone |
| 释义 | (idiom) Definition to try to please by flattery She plays up to journalists in the media. Synonyms butter up flatter I knew he was just flattering me. pander to crawl to get in with suck up to (informal) curry favour with toady They came backstage, cooing and toadying to him. fawn over keep someone sweet kiss someone's ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang) brown-nose (taboo, slang) bootlick (informal) ingratiate yourself to or with Additional synonymsin the sense of flatter Definition to praise insincerely, esp. in order to win favour I knew he was just flattering me. Synonyms praise, compliment, pander to, sweet-talk (informal), court, humour, puff, flannel (British, informal), fawn, cajole, lay it on (thick) (slang), wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap (informal), butter up, blandishin the sense of toady Definition to fawn on and flatter (someone) They came backstage, cooing and toadying to him. Synonyms fawn on, flatter, grovel, creep, crawl, cringe, pander to, suck up to (informal), curry favour with, butter up, kiss someone's ass (US, Canadian, taboo, slang), brown-nose (taboo, slang), kowtow to, bow and scrape, lick someone's boots, kiss the feet of, lick someone's arse (taboo, slang), be obsequious to Nearby words of |
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