Definition of suck up

suck up

noun

a person who behaves overly fawning so as to win favor. Hyphenated.

Citation from "The Inner Circle", The Office (TV), Season 7 Episode 23 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of).
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

verb

to be overly fawning so as to win favor.
I think the only reason he got the promotion is because he's always sucking up to management.

Last edited on Sep 05 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.

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ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
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