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"glosses": [
"to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously."
],
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"(US, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously."
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "kiss up"
},
{
"word": "kiss up to"
},
{
"word": "lick someone's ass"
},
{
"word": "lick someone's balls"
},
{
"word": "lick someone's boots"
},
{
"word": "suck up"
},
{
"word": "suck up to"
},
{
"word": "suck someone's cock"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kiss arse"
},
{
"word": "kiss someone's ass"
},
{
"word": "kiss someone's arse"
}
],
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "舔屁股"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "slikke røv"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "fedte for"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "nuolla persettä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "nuoleskella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "lécher les bottes"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "lécher le cul"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "in den Arsch kriechen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "segget nyal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "puxar o saco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "pupa în cur"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "lamer los huevos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "lamer los zapatos"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "llyfu tin"
}
]
}
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"glosses": [
"to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously."
],
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],
[
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"(US, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously."
],
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"idiomatic",
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"tags": [
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kiss up"
},
{
"word": "kiss up to"
},
{
"word": "lick someone's ass"
},
{
"word": "lick someone's balls"
},
{
"word": "lick someone's boots"
},
{
"word": "suck up"
},
{
"word": "suck up to"
},
{
"word": "suck someone's cock"
},
{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "kiss arse"
},
{
"word": "kiss someone's ass"
},
{
"word": "kiss someone's arse"
}
],
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "舔屁股"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "slikke røv"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "fedte for"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "nuolla persettä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "nuoleskella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "lécher les bottes"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "lécher le cul"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "in den Arsch kriechen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "segget nyal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "puxar o saco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "pupa în cur"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "lamer los huevos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "lamer los zapatos"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to flatter excessively",
"word": "llyfu tin"
}
],
"word": "kiss ass"
}
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