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apple-polish

apple-polish verb: to attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

Verb

apple-polish (third-person singular simple present apple-polishes, present participle apple-polishing, simple past and past participle apple-polished)

  1. (US, idiomatic, transitive) To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

Synonyms of apple-polish

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Forms of apple-polish

third-person singular presentapple-polishes
present participleapple-polishing
past participleapple-polished
pastapple-polished

Words formed from apple-polish

Questions about apple-polish

What does apple-polish mean?
Apple-polish means to attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.
What part of speech is apple-polish?
Apple-polish is a verb.
What is the past tense of apple-polish?
The past tense of apple-polish is apple-polished.

Words near apple-polish in the dictionary

  1. apple-pied
  2. apple-pieing
  3. apple-pies
  4. apple-plum
  5. apple-plums
  6. apple-polish
  7. apple-polished
  8. apple-polisher
  9. apple-polishers
  10. apple-polishes
  11. apple-polishing

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