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"etymology_text": "An allusion to a traditional manner of expressing obediance to a bishop (especially the pope) or king.",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"ref": "2011, Mark Mills, chapter 9, in House of the Hanged, London: HarperCollins; House of the Hunted: A Novel, 1st U.S. edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2011, page 106",
"text": "The friendship had faltered during their first year at Oxford, when Barnaby had turned jester-in-chief to a pride of strutting young peacocks with titles and country estates. He had made them laugh and kissed their rings and they in return had sneered at him behind his back.",
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{
"ref": "2012 November, Nikki Carter, chapter 15, in Time to Shine: A Fab Life Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dafina KTeen Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 147",
"text": "\"[…] We're taking over and running this industry. Every other label is gonna have to bow down.\" / \"What about Mystique?\" Dreya asks. \"Is she gonna have to bow down too?\" / \"It's only a matter of time,\" Evan says. \"If I don't do anything else in this industry, I'm gonna make sure that diva kisses your ring.\"",
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},
{
"ref": "2014, Bob Rockwell, “Blood on the Carpet”, in A Slightly Better World, [Morrisville, N.C.?]: Desert Wind Books, page 27",
"text": "Betsy eats up the attention like a bobbysoxer at an Elvis concert. It won't be long before Luca will have them kissing his ring.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone."
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"(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "kiss someone's ass"
},
{
"word": "kiss the rod"
},
{
"word": "kiss up"
},
{
"word": "suck up"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "kiss someone's hem"
},
{
"word": "touch the hem of someone's garment"
}
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"tags": [
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"wikipedia": [
"Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa",
"Pope Francis",
"President of Portugal"
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"ipa": "/kɪs ˈsʌmwʌnz ɹɪŋ/",
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"word": "kiss someone's ring"
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "kiss someone's ass"
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"word": "kiss the rod"
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"word": "kiss up"
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"examples": [
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"ref": "2011, Mark Mills, chapter 9, in House of the Hanged, London: HarperCollins; House of the Hunted: A Novel, 1st U.S. edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2011, page 106",
"text": "The friendship had faltered during their first year at Oxford, when Barnaby had turned jester-in-chief to a pride of strutting young peacocks with titles and country estates. He had made them laugh and kissed their rings and they in return had sneered at him behind his back.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2012 November, Nikki Carter, chapter 15, in Time to Shine: A Fab Life Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dafina KTeen Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 147",
"text": "\"[…] We're taking over and running this industry. Every other label is gonna have to bow down.\" / \"What about Mystique?\" Dreya asks. \"Is she gonna have to bow down too?\" / \"It's only a matter of time,\" Evan says. \"If I don't do anything else in this industry, I'm gonna make sure that diva kisses your ring.\"",
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"ref": "2014, Bob Rockwell, “Blood on the Carpet”, in A Slightly Better World, [Morrisville, N.C.?]: Desert Wind Books, page 27",
"text": "Betsy eats up the attention like a bobbysoxer at an Elvis concert. It won't be long before Luca will have them kissing his ring.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone."
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"(idiomatic) To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone."
],
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"word": "kiss someone's hem"
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"idiomatic"
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"Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa",
"Pope Francis",
"President of Portugal"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
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