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.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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