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| brown·nose [ brówn nz ] (past and past participle brown·nosed, present participle brown·nos·ing, 3rd person present singular brown·nos·es) |
transitive and intransitive verb |
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behave obsequiously: to be unnaturally subservient or obsequious to somebody in authority
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sometimes offensive
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| [Implying willingness to undertake stigmatized intimacy as in the offensive phrase kiss ass] |
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| brown·nos·er noun |
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