OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 25362

suck up

Meanings (ES + gloss)
absorber
To absorb (fluid).
The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
dar coba • dar jabón • pastelear
To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
And in between sips of Coke / He told me that he thought we were sellin' out / Layin' down, suckin' up to the man / Well now I've got some / Advice for you, little buddy / Before y…
Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.
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