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suck up

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Definition


Trying to please someone.

Context : Business, Education
Category: Idiom
Semantic: please

Usage of “suck up”

  1. Brenda only receives good grades because she sucks up to the teacher.

  2. He got the promotion only because he sucked up to his manager.

Examples of idiom “suck up” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'loveyou2bits'
    loveyou2bits:

    @liesandirony Someone go tell TWL i cheated in geog test and want to suck up like what he always does. HAHA

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'JazOrtencio'
    JazOrtencio:

    I told her that I was trying to get some work done before I go out tomorrow. Which is kind of true and coz I'm trying to suck up to her. =D

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'alannaaaa'
    alannaaaa:

    Haaha @justinbieber is such a suck up!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'AndreaC1001'
    AndreaC1001:

    @willart2 so now ur trying to suck up by callin me cute again huh!!!!!! im a lil perturbed at u at this moment!

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'skankycookeez'
    skankycookeez:

    @nahk0303 for the record it was 12 :P and you only beat me coz you sucked up to chandrika :P i win in life ahaha