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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Suck up
Suck up verb - To use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior.
Usage example: a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer
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Suck up and Bootlick. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bootlick/suck_up
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