kiss up to in 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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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        "To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess."
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      "form": "kisses up to",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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        "To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess."
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"kiss up to" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms