apple-polish

English

Verb

apple-polish (third-person singular simple present apple-polishes, present participle apple-polishing, simple past and past participle apple-polished)Category:English lemmas#APPLEPOLISHCategory:English verbs#APPLEPOLISHCategory:English multiword terms#APPLEPOLISHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#APPLEPOLISHCategory:Pages with entries#APPLE-POLISHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#APPLE-POLISH

  1. (USCategory:American English#APPLEPOLISH, idiomaticCategory:English idioms#APPLEPOLISH, transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#APPLEPOLISH) To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.
    Synonyms: brownnose, butter up, kiss up; see also Thesaurus:suck up

Derived terms

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