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brown-nose

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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to flatter with the intention of getting something

Classifications

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Variants

5 surface forms

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

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