lick boots

VERB

fawn

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crouch grovel

STRONG

abase blandish bow cajole cotton court cower crawl creep cringe debase defer flatter invite jolly kneel kowtow massage oil pander scrape slaver snow stoop stroke submit toady truckle woo yield

WEAK

apple-polish be at beck and call be obsequious be servile brown-nose buddy up butter up cater to cave in to curry favor fall all over fall on one's knees honey up lay it on make up to pay court play up to

Antonyms

STRONG

fight ignore reject

VERB

toady

Synonyms

STRONG

bootlick cajole flatter kowtow massage oil stroke truckle woo

WEAK

apple-polish be servile brown-nose butter up fall all over fall on one's knees honey up kiss one's feet kiss-up lay it on pay court play up to scratch one's back suck up to

VERB

truckle

Synonyms

STRONG

bootlick cajole flatter grovel kowtow massage oil stroke toady woo

WEAK

apple-polish be servile brown-nose butter up fall all over fall on one's knees honey up kiss one's feet kiss-up lay it on pay court play up to scratch one's back suck up to

Example Sentences

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lick boots

I’m too old ter l’arn ter lick boots an’ run a farm fer another feller.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard