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apple-polish

verb apple-polishes · apple-polishing · apple-polished

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

    Similar: brown-nose, butter up, kiss up, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, dickride, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate, flannel

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@misc{apple_polish_2026,
  title = {apple-polish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apple-polish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}