What does kiss up to mean?

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kiss up to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

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kisses up to (present, singular) kissing up to (participle, present) kissed up to (participle, past) kissed up to (past)

kiss up

kiss up

What does kiss up to mean?: To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess.

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