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licks someone's boots

licks someone's boots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lick someone's boots.

Meaning of lick someone's boots

Verb

lick someone's boots (third-person singular simple present licks someone's boots, present participle licking someone's boots, simple past and past participle licked someone's boots)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To try hard to please someone.
    • “Far-right politicians in primaries are licking the boots of gun lobbyists,” Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts told Rolling Stone in an email on Tuesday. They’ll certainly continue to do so once in office.2022 April 13, Ryan Bort, “The Real Reason Republicans Are Loading Their 2022 Campaign Ads With Guns”, in Rolling Stone

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Licks someone's boots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lick someone's boots.

Words near licks someone's boots in the dictionary

  1. licks one's lips
  2. licks one's wounds
  3. licks out
  4. licks someone's ass
  5. licks someone's balls
  6. licks someone's boots
  7. licks the birse
  8. licks the dust
  9. licks the pants off
  10. licks up
  11. licksome

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