yes man

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“Raisi was a yes man, and his unimpressiveness was sort of the point,” said Arash Azizi, a historian who focuses on Iran and lectures at Clemson University in South Carolina.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

"If I was a yes man, I would have been gone long ago. We have just got that honesty in the relationship between us that we can be blunt and straight-talking when needed."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

“You can’t be a yes man to yourself,” he said, “or you’re never going to get better.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2023

"This is what happens when you have a 93-year-old man running a company, and everybody's just a yes man to him," Scarborough said, according to Mediaite.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2023

Yes, yes, man, but go back a little.

From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon