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brown-nose

verbid 2894·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to flatter with the intention of getting something

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

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to flatter with the intention of getting something

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