brown-nosing in English
verb
1
curry favor with (someone) by acting in an obsequious way.
academics were brown-nosing the senior faculty
verb
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2. Kids don't want other kids to think they're brown-nosing, so they don't tell teachers when they've enjoyed a class.
3. Brown-nose (third-person singular simple present brown-noses, present participle brown-nosing, simple past and past participle brown-nosed) Alternative spelling of Brownnose