"brush up to" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brushes up to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushing up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushed up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushed up to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "brush up to (third-person singular simple present brushes up to, present participle brushing up to, simple past and past participle brushed up to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flatter or suck up to someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-brush_up_to-en-verb-T4FdDPBQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ],
        [
          "suck up",
          "suck up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, archaic) To flatter or suck up to someone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brush up to"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brushes up to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushing up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushed up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brushed up to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "brush up to (third-person singular simple present brushes up to, present participle brushing up to, simple past and past participle brushed up to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To flatter or suck up to someone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ],
        [
          "suck up",
          "suck up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, archaic) To flatter or suck up to someone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brush up to"
}