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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. |