Also,
kiss up to. Seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery, as in
I am not going to kiss as to get the raise I deserve, or
If I could find a good way to kiss up to the publisher, my book would be well promoted. The first, a vulgar slangy usage, was first recorded in 1705 as
kiss arse, which is still the British usage. The variant, a euphemistic blend of
kiss ass and
suck up to, dates from the late 1900s.