13
butt kisser
8
butter up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, flatter, court)
6
court(verb, beg, kowtow, creep, plead)
6
suck up to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, flatter)
6
toady(noun, verb, flatter, grovel, fawn)
5
flatter(verb, praise, court, beg, kowtow)
4
apple-polish(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
4
cringe(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
4
kowtow(verb, flatter, court, beg, creep)
4
play up to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, acquiesce)
4
sycophant(noun, informal)
3
boot-lick
3
crawl(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
3
curry favour with
3
dupe(noun, flatterer)
3
fawn(verb, praise, flatter, court, beg)
3
fawner(noun, flatterer)
3
flatterer(noun, flatterer)
3
grovel(verb, flatter, acquiesce, beg, kowtow)
3
groveler(noun, flatterer)
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