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brown-nose

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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

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
to flatter with the intention of getting something
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
to flatter with the intention of getting something
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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