Verb: suck up
- [informal] Attempt to gain favour through obsequious behaviour or flattery
"He is always sucking up to his boss";
- fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick [informal], kowtow, kotow, smoodge [Austral, informal]
- Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behaviour
"She is sucking up to the chairman";
- cozy up [N. Amer], cotton up [archaic], play up [informal], cosy up [Brit, Cdn]
- Take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge sucks up water well";
- absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, draw, take in, take up
Derived forms: sucking up, sucked up, sucks up
See also: draw in
Type of: act, blandish, flatter, ingratiate, move
Encyclopedia: Suck up, kick down