teacher's pet
Example Sentences
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Even then, a teacher’s pet like me could have gotten the decision overturned.
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2022
Amerie was "super-outgoing" and a "teacher's pet", she added.
From BBC • May 25, 2022
Connie is essentially power-hungry teacher’s pet Tracy Flick from “Election,” if she grew up to become an Olympic race-walking champion who has struggled with infertility.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021
“I consciously learned and performed my race,” he writes, “like a teacher’s pet in an advanced placement course on black masculinity.”
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2019
Elizabeth Brunch, the biggest teacher’s pet in our school, pipes up from the front row.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
