"kiss up to" meaning in All languages combined

See kiss up to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-kiss up to.ogg Forms: kisses up to [present, singular, third-person], kissing up to [participle, present], kissed up to [participle, past], kissed up to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kiss up to (third-person singular simple present kisses up to, present participle kissing up to, simple past and past participle kissed up to)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: kiss up

Inflected forms

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