butter up »
To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
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curry favor »
To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention.
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dirty laundry »
Unflattering facts or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which some other may use to blackmail with.
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give over »
Usually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.
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jolly someone along »
To make someone happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery.
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kiss up »
To pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.
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kiss up »
To pay false flattery.
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kiss up to »
To pay false flattery to; to flatter in excess.
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left-handed compliment »
A complimentary remark which is ambiguous or ineptly worded, so that it may be interpreted as having an unflattering or dismissive sense.
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pitch woo »
To flatter.
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snow job »
An attempt to persuade a person using flattery or deception.
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soft sawder »
Cajoling or flattery.
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suck up »
To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
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