play up tosomeone
phrasal verbwithplayverbuk/pleɪ/us/pleɪ/
totryto make someone like you andtreatyou well bybehavingin a way youthinkwillpleasethem:
Juliaknowshow toplayup to thesupervisors- she can always gettimeoffworkwhen shewantsit.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flummery
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- massagesomeone'segoidiom
- obsequious
- people pleaser
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous