Idiom
kiss ass
Vulgar
Meaning
to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tries to kiss ass to get a promotion.”
“Everyone knows she only got the lead project because she spends all day kissing ass to the manager.”
“Rather than relying on his own merits, he chose to kiss ass, hoping that constant sycophancy would secure his advancement within the firm.”
Examples
simple
“He tries to kiss ass to get a promotion.”
contextual
“Everyone knows she only got the lead project because she spends all day kissing ass to the manager.”
complex
“Rather than relying on his own merits, he chose to kiss ass, hoping that constant sycophancy would secure his advancement within the firm.”
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