kiss up (English, verb)
expansion: kiss up (third-person singular simple present kisses up, present participle kissing up, simple past and past participle kissed up)
Senses:
glosses: To pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To pay false flattery.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: kisses up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kissing up
tags: participle
present
form: kissed up
tags: participle
past
form: kissed up
tags: past
form: kiss-up
tags: alternative