brown-nose

brown-nose  {v.},  {slang},  {avoidable},  {though gaining in acceptance}
To curry favor in a subservient way, as by obviously exaggerated flattery.
Max brown-noses his teachers, that's why he gets all A's in his courses.
Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
Categories: avoidable gaining in acceptance nose slang verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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