kiss ass

VERB

brown-nose

Synonyms

WEAK

apple-polish back-scratch bootlick curry favor fawn on flatter get on the right side of grovel scratch one's back suck up to toady

NOUN

brown-noser

Synonyms

WEAK

apple-polisher ass-kisser back scratcher backslapper bootlicker brown-nose fawner flatterer flunky kowtower lackey minion teacher's pet yes-person

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“The level of academic freedom from bureaucratic interference is preferable in Hong Kong. You don’t need to kiss ass to government administrators so much,” he says.

From Nature • May 22, 2018

kiss ass

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