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honey up

VERB

fawn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crouch grovel

STRONG

abase blandish bow cajole cotton court cower crawl creep cringe debase defer flatter invite jolly kneel kowtow massage oil pander scrape slaver snow stoop stroke submit toady truckle woo yield

WEAK

apple-polish be at beck and call be obsequious be servile brown-nose buddy up butter up cater to cave in to curry favor fall all over fall on one's knees lay it on lick boots make up to pay court play up to

Antonyms

STRONG

fight ignore reject

VERB

sweet-talk

Synonyms

STRONG

allure barter beguile blandish blarney cajole con decoy entice flatter get hook importune induce influence inveigle jawbone lure pester plague press soft-soap soothe tease tempt urge wangle wheedle worm

WEAK

argue into arm-twist butter up come on prevail upon rope in talk into work on

Antonyms

STRONG

discourage disenchant disgust dissuade please prevent repel repulse turn off

VERB

toady

Synonyms

STRONG

bootlick cajole flatter kowtow massage oil stroke truckle woo

WEAK

apple-polish be servile brown-nose butter up fall all over fall on one's knees kiss one's feet kiss-up lay it on lick boots pay court play up to scratch one's back suck up to

VERB

truckle

Synonyms

STRONG

bootlick cajole flatter grovel kowtow massage oil stroke toady woo

WEAK

apple-polish be servile brown-nose butter up fall all over fall on one's knees kiss one's feet kiss-up lay it on lick boots pay court play up to scratch one's back suck up to

Example Sentences

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If they are over a year old, you can give them two teaspoons of honey up to six times, but do not delay going to the hospital to get honey.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

We can have beehives up here, so you can get honey up here.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2020

Maybe it was a land of milk and honey up there, and Captain York and Captain Williams had just never bothered to come back.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

And they dug, and found a large pit like a well, filled with honey up to the brim.

From The Violet Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew

And Missis all the Season through as busy as a bloomin' bee is, A gathering Fashion's honey up from every hopening flower.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, July 25, 1891 by Various

honey up

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