kissing someone's ass

Verb

kiss someone's ass (third-person singular simple present kisses someone's ass, present participle kissing someone's ass, simple past and past participle kissed someone's ass)

1. (idiomatic, slang) To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion to gain their favor.
   • […] Mr. Trump said he would not tell a “vicious joke” about the chief justice, who was present. “I’m going to kiss his ass for a long time,” the president said. That strategy did not seem to work.2026 February 20, Adam Liptak, “The Supreme Court’s Declaration of Independence”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Feb...

   Synonyms:

   brownnose, kiss someone's ring, lick someone's ass, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, butter up, dickride, duchess, fawn