kiss ass

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"Idol-Worship, or, The Way to Preferment" (1740)

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kiss ass (third-person singular simple present kisses ass, present participle kissing ass, simple past and past participle kissed ass)

  1. (US, idiomatic, sometimes vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.

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