Synonyms for apple polish
- bootlick
- cajole
- flatter
- kowtow
- massage
- oil
- stroke
- truckle
- woo
- apple-polish
- be servile
- brownnose
- butter up
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- honey up
- kiss one's feet
- kiss-up
- lay it on
- lick boots
- pay court
- play up to
- scratch one's back
- suck up to
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cajole
verb. attempt to coax; flatter
- apple polish
- argue into
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- con
- crowd
- deceive
- decoy
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
cajoling
verb. attempt to coax; flatter
- apple polish
- argue into
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- brownnose
- build up
- butter up
- con
- crowd
- deceive
- decoy
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- lure
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- play up to
- push
- rub the right way
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- tantalize
- tempt
- urge
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
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