sucks up
Ingratiatingly seeks favor
Sucks up means to curry favor through excessive flattery or obsequious behavior: He's always sucking up to the boss.
The image suggests drawing something toward oneself—attention, approval, advantage—through insincere deference.
A suck-up is someone who habitually does this.
The phrase can also mean to absorb: The sponge sucked up the spill.
- absorbsTakes in fully
- siphonLiquid transfer tube
- curry favorSeek approval through flattery
- kisses upFlatters for advantage
- flatterPraise to please
soaks up · brown-nose · butter up · vacuum · inhale · drinking straw · swallows · adulation · straw · bootlick · obsequiousness · toady · yes man · kowtow · apple-polish · slurps · ingratiates · fawn
sucks updefies
Openly resists or challenges
rebels · stands up to · talks back · disrespects · pushes back
sucks upputs down
Places or disparages
looks down on · disregards · ignores · dismisses · belittles
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