Abase
Bootlick
Bootlick verb - To use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior.
Usage example: the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead
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Bootlick and Abase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abase/bootlick
Abase & Bootlick. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abase/bootlick>.
Bootlick or Abase. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abase/bootlick.
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