kiss up to

kiss up to someone

Sl. to flatter someone; to curry favor with someone. Edgar is in kissing up to the boss again. Stop kissing up to me.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nawra	-	Arabic
Marjolijn	MAHR-yo-lien	Dutch
Siri	SEE-ree (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Antonius	an-TO:-ni-uws (Ancient Roman), ahn-TO-nee-us (Dutch)	Ancient Roman, Dutch
Micky	MIK-ee	English
Prateek	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali