Ingratiate
61grease — 1. n. Flattery. 2. v. Ingratiate oneself. 3. grease to Ingratiate oneself with. 4. v. Cheat. 5. grease the wheels Enable an enterprise to run more smoothly …
62cotton up — verb ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior She is playing up to the chairman • Syn: ↑cozy up, ↑shine up, ↑play up, ↑sidle up, ↑suck up • Hypernyms: ↑ingratiate …
63play up — verb 1. move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent (Freq. 1) The introduction highlighted the speaker s distinguished career in linguistics • Syn: ↑foreground, ↑highlight, ↑spotlight • Ant: ↑play down, ↑ …
64shine up — verb ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior She is playing up to the chairman • Syn: ↑cozy up, ↑cotton up, ↑play up, ↑sidle up, ↑suck up • Hypernyms: ↑ingratiate …
65sidle up — verb ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior She is playing up to the chairman • Syn: ↑cozy up, ↑cotton up, ↑shine up, ↑play up, ↑suck up • Hypernyms: ↑ingratiate …
66suck up — verb 1. take in, also metaphorically (Freq. 1) The sponge absorbs water well She drew strength from the minister s words • Syn: ↑absorb, ↑suck, ↑imbibe, ↑soak up, ↑sop up, ↑ …
67butter someone up — (informal) FLATTER, court, wheedle, persuade, blarney, coax, get round, prevail on; be obsequious towards, be sycophantic towards, toady to, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, rub up the right way, curry favour with;… …
68HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …
69Court — Court, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Courted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Courting}.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one s self with. [1913 Webster] By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted.… …
70Courted — Court Court, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Courted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Courting}.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one s self with. [1913 Webster] By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously… …
