cheeking up to

Verb

cheek up to (third-person singular simple present cheeks up to, present participle cheeking up to, simple past and past participle cheeked up to)

1. (informal, transitive) To act disrespectfully toward (someone).
   • She thought of her sister Elizabeth with her eight, and remembered that one who cheeked up to the teachers, so pretty and sulky and shabby, ...2001 November 17, Muriel Spark, All the Stories of Muriel Spark, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 44

   Synonyms:

   cheek up