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Definition of kissing up to

kiss up to

verb

  • to flatter one's superior.
    He's kissing up to his boss again.

    Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'kiss':

Definitions include: a "kiss" whereby one blinks one's eyelashes against another person's skin.
Definitions include: a "kiss" performed by rubbing the tips of the nose together.
Definitions include: to kiss with an open mouth, usually placing one's tongue in the other person's mouth.
Definitions include: "hugs and kisses".
Definitions include: "kiss and make up".
Definitions include: a person who attempts to gain favor from a superior via blatantly false flattery or sycophantic behavior.
Definitions include: something specific that brings bad luck.
Definitions include: to go away.
Definitions include: a blunt refusal.
Definitions include: prepare to die.
Definitions include: the "Keep It Simple, Stupid Principle".
Definitions include: to vomit.
Definitions include: vomiting (typically after alcohol consumption)
Definitions include: a sycophant.
Definitions include: acronym for "kiss my teeth".

Other terms relating to 'to':

Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: See nine to five.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
Definitions include: to do.
Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
Definitions include: to kill or destroy.

Other terms relating to 'up':

Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: to misbehave.
Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
Definitions include: to increase.
Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
Definitions include: to make something like ass.
Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
Definitions include: stupid.
Definitions include: strange / stupid.

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