suck (up to)

verb

Definition of suck (up to)next
as in to fawn

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck (up to)
  1. fawn
  2. kowtow
  3. coax
  4. honey
  5. butter up
  6. wheedle
  7. cajole
  8. idolize
Verb
  • Ebeling and Alvarez continued to shoot projects together and frequently sent each other mutually fawning messages.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
  • He’s appeared with Trump at rallies and hosted a fawning interview with him on X, his social media platform.
    CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of fawn
Verb
  • CEXs have already had to kowtow to former EU member the United Kingdom’s inane crypto laws, forcing exchanges to code new front-ends and to exclude certain products and services from their UK service.
    Sean Lee, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The settlement sparked a backlash from both sides of the political aisle, with one half framing it as a dishonest entity being justly punished and the other accusing the news outlet of kowtowing to Trump.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of kowtow
Verb
  • Prairie-Rocca barricaded himself for about 90 minutes before the police were able to coax him out, Law & Crime reported.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • At the Hammer Museum, walking into a small veiled room brought you to a large glass box within which live bees build honeycomb patterns on top of sculptures that coax those patterns into works of art.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of coax
Verb
  • Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024
  • Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation.
    Selene Yeager, Health, 24 Feb. 2024
Definition of honey
Verb
  • Warming the milk and butter up first helps to avoid any milk fat white spots on top of your decadent chocolate cake.
    Melissa Gray, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Griffin isn’t the only big-name boss to try and butter up workers by putting on an unforgettable party.
    BYOrianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
Definition of butter up
Verb
  • The grubbing and wheedling correspondence of Prince Andrew and Fergie as told by Craig Brown Air Supply The Constant Gardener Spring is in the air, and AIR SUPPLY’s latest collection is ripe for the picking.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Muffin, the show’s resident chaos-causing cousin, has been wheedled into filming an unboxing-style video by her father, Stripe, who has once again reached for the parenting stars but landed somewhere significantly south of his goal.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of wheedle
Verb
  • In this regard, Trump’s appointment of Kellogg as special envoy on the war presents a significant opportunity, since it can be used to cajole Putin to appoint a Russian counterpart.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • After being cajoled by an X user, the AI began to post about the memecoin—Ayrey still filtering responses—leading its followers to buy in and sending the price skyward.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of cajole
Verb
  • Fleetwood Mac in Chicago (1969) Like the other British blues bands of the ’60s, Fleetwood Mac’s early lineup idolized American bluesmen, and jumped at the chance to record with them.
    Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield, who grew up idolizing Johnny, changed his jersey number to 13, the same number Johnny wore.
    Hailey Salvian, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of idolize
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“Suck (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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