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Verb: suck up
  1. Take in, also metaphorically
    "The sponge sucks up water well"
    - absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, draw, take in, take up
     
  2. Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behaviour
    "She is sucking up to the chairman"
    - cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up
     
  3. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
    "He is always sucking up to his boss"
    - fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow

Derived forms: sucked up, sucking up, sucks up

Type of: blandish, flatter, ingratiate