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brown-nose

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

to flatter with the intention of getting something

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Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
butter up
pasttense
brown-nosed
presentparticiple
brown-nosing
thirdpersonsingular
brown-noses
pastparticiple
brown-nosed