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apple-polished

apple-polished is the simple past and past participle of apple-polish.

Meaning of apple-polish

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.

Questions about apple-polished

What is apple-polished the simple past and past participle of?
Apple-polished is the simple past and past participle of apple-polish.

Words near apple-polished in the dictionary

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

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