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| lackey(noun, flatterer) | |
| puppet(noun, flatterer) | |
| soft-soap(verb, acquiesce, court, beg, kowtow) | |
| truckle(verb, flatter, court, beg, kowtow) | |
| apple-polisher | |
| bootlick(verb, flatter, court, beg, kowtow) | |
| bootlicker | |
| cultivate | |
| lickspittle | |
| make up to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, acquiesce) | |
| play | |
| romance | |
| shine up to(expression, idiom) | |
| toady to | |
| yes-man | |
| abase(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep) | |
| adulate(verb, praise, flatter) | |
| ass-licker | |
| back-scratcher(noun, flatterer) | |
| backscratcher |
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