play up to

Strongest matches

• alleviate
• assuage
• calm
• ease
• lessen
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify

Strong matches

• abate
• compose
• decrease
• lighten
• moderate
• quiet
• square

Weak matches

• cool out
• make nice
• pour oil on
• take the bite out
• take the sting out

Weak matches

• adulate
• bootlick
• brown-nose
• build up
• cajole
• flatter
• inveigle
• lay it on thick
• massage
• soften
• spread it on
• stroke
• suck up to
• sweet-talk
• work on

Strongest matches

• deceive
• delude
• dupe
• entice
• entrap
• seduce
• tantalize
• tempt
• wheedle

Strong matches

• banter
• beguile
• blandish
• bootlick
• con
• induce
• influence
• inveigle
• jolly
• lure
• maneuver
• mislead
• oil
• push
• snow
• soap
• soft-soap
• soften
• stroke
• sweet-talk
• urge

Weak matches

• apple-polish
• argue into
• brown-nose
• butter up
• get around
• get next to
• hand a line
• lay it on thick
• make up to
• rub the right way
• spread it on
• suck up to
• sweeten up
• work on
• work over

Strong matches

• baby
• caress
• cosset
• cotton
• favor
• humor
• mollycoddle
• nurse
• pet
• spoil

Weak matches

• cater to
• make much of
• make over

Strongest matches

• bolster
• cherish
• develop
• encourage
• enrich
• improve
• nourish
• promote
• refine

Strong matches

• advance
• ameliorate
• better
• civilize
• court
• discipline
• elevate
• foster
• further
• nurse
• nurture
• polish
• train

Weak matches

• bring on
• brown-nose
• butter up
• get in with
• get next to
• get on good side of
• run after
• seek friendship
• shine up to
• suck up to
• take pains with

Strongest matches

• crouch
• grovel

Strong matches

• 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 matches

• 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
• honey up
• lay it on
• lick boots
• make up to
• pay court

Strongest match

• charm

Strong matches

• adulate
• blandish
• bootlick
• cajole
• con
• court
• fawn
• glorify
• grovel
• humor
• inveigle
• jolly
• oil
• overpraise
• praise
• salve
• sell
• snow
• soft-soap
• soften
• stroke
• sweet-talk
• toady
• wheedle

Weak matches

• brown-nose
• build up
• butter up
• cater to
• get next to
• lay it on thick
• rub the right way
• spread it on
• suck up to
• sweeten up
• work on
• work over

Strongest matches

• beseech
• fawn

Strong matches

• beg
• blandish
• bootlick
• brown-nose
• court
• cower
• crawl
• creep
• cringe
• crouch
• flatter
• humor
• implore
• kneel
• kowtow
• pamper
• prostrate
• revere
• snivel
• soft-soap
• stoop
• truckle
• wheedle

Weak matches

• apple-polish
• beg for mercy
• bow and scrape
• butter up
• cater to
• eat crow
• eat dirt
• eat humble pie
• fall all over
• humble oneself
• kiss one's feet
• make much of
• make up to
• suck up to

Strongest match

• flatter

Strong matches

• attract
• blandish
• captivate
• charm
• crawl
• grovel
• kowtow
• truckle

Weak matches

• brown-nose
• get in with
• hand a line
• insinuate oneself
• seek favor

Strong matches

• allure
• bait
• bamboozle
• beguile
• blandish
• cajole
• charm
• coax
• con
• decoy
• ensnare
• entrap
• hook
• influence
• jolly
• lure
• maneuver
• massage
• oil
• persuade
• seduce
• snow
• soft-soap
• stroke
• tempt
• urge
• wheedle

Weak matches

• egg on
• get around
• lay it on thick
• lead on
• rope in
• soften up
• string along
• sweet-talk
• work over

Strong matches

• cajole
• gratify
• massage
• please
• satisfy
• snow
• soap
• stroke

Weak matches

• brown-nose
• fall all over
• lay it on
• play the game
• politic
• soften up
• suck up to

Strongest matches

• appease
• assuage
• mollify
• pacify
• reconcile
• satisfy
• soothe

Strong matches

• calm
• cheer
• comfort
• conciliate
• humor
• propitiate
• soft pedal
• stroke
• sweeten
• tranquilize

Weak matches

• make peace
• make up
• pour oil on
• win over

Strongest matches

• address
• chase
• go after
• sue

Strong matches

• call
• court
• date
• rush
• spark
• woo

Weak matches

• chase after
• go for
• pay attention
• pay court
• sweetheart

Strongest matches

• allay
• alleviate
• appease
• assuage
• cool
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify
• relieve
• soften

Strong matches

• becalm
• cheer
• compose
• console
• dulcify
• help
• hush
• lighten
• lull
• quiet
• quieten
• settle
• square
• still
• stroke
• subdue
• tranquilize
• unburden

Weak matches

• balm
• butter up
• calm down
• cool off
• make nice
• make up
• patch things up
• pour oil on
• smooth down
• take the edge off
• take the sting out
• untrouble

Strong matches

• adulate
• blandish
• bootlick
• cajole
• charm
• con
• court
• fawn
• glorify
• grovel
• humor
• inveigle
• jolly
• massage
• oil
• overpraise
• praise
• salve
• sell
• soft-soap
• soften
• stroke
• toady
• wheedle

Weak matches

• brown-nose
• build up
• butter up
• cater to
• get next to
• lay it on thick
• rub the right way
• spread it on
• suck up to
• sweeten up
• work on
• work over

Strongest matches

• appeal to
• attract
• captivate
• charm
• dare
• fascinate
• induce
• intrigue
• invite
• motivate
• persuade
• seduce
• stimulate
• tantalize
• woo

Strong matches

• allure
• bait
• coax
• court
• decoy
• draw
• entrap
• honey up
• hook
• incite
• influence
• instigate
• inveigle
• move
• oil
• promote
• provoke
• risk
• rouse
• solicit
• test
• train
• try
• wheedle
• whet

Weak matches

• butter up
• draw out
• lead on
• make mouth water
• mousetrap
• turn one's head

Strong matches

• bootlick
• cajole
• flatter
• kowtow
• massage
• oil
• stroke
• truckle
• woo

Weak matches

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

Strong matches

• bootlick
• cajole
• flatter
• grovel
• kowtow
• massage
• oil
• stroke
• toady
• woo

Weak matches

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