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suck up to someone
phrasal verb with suckverbuk /sʌk/ us /sʌk/
informaldisapproving
to try to make someone in authority approve of you by doing and saying things that will please them: 奉承，巴结（某人）;拍（某人）马屁
"Why do you think he offered to take all that work home?" "Oh, he's just sucking up to the boss."“你认为他为什么主动提出把那些工作都带回家做?”“哦，他只不过是为了讨好老板。”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
backhanded compliment
bootlicker
bow and scrapeidiom
crawler
creep
flummery
glad-handing
grovel
grovelling
grovellingly
massage someone's egoidiom
obsequious
obsequiously
people pleaser
play up to someone
sycophantically
toady
toadying
truckle
unctuous
suck up to someone | American Dictionary
suck up to someone
phrasal verb with suckverbus/sʌk/
disapproving
to try to win the approval and good opinion of someone in authority:
She’s always sucking up to the boss, telling him how wonderful he is.
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