brown-noser
verb (used without object)
1.
to curry favor; behave obsequiously.
verb (used with object)
2.
to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over.
noun
3.
Also, brown-nos·er. a toady; sycophant.
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| brown-nose | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to be abjectly subservient (to); curry favour (with) |
| —n | |
| 2. | an abjectly subservient person; sycophant |
| [C20: from the notion that a subservient person kisses the backside of the person with whom he or she is currying favour] | |
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