make up tosomeone
phrasal verbwithmakeverbuk/meɪk/us/meɪk/made|made
UKdisapprovingto be toofriendlyto someone or topraisethem inorderto getadvantagesfor yourself:
Have youseenthedisgustingway she makes up to theboss?
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flummery
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- obsequious
- people pleaser
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous