brush up to (English, verb)
expansion: brush up to (third-person singular simple present brushes up to, present participle brushing up to, simple past and past participle brushed up to)
Senses:
glosses: To flatter or suck up to someone
tags: archaic
slang
Forms:
form: brushes up to
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: brushing up to
tags: participle
present
form: brushed up to
tags: participle
past
form: brushed up to
tags: past