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apple-polishesverbpresent tense third-person singular of apple-polish to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superiora departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about bootlicks, fawns, fusses, kowtows, sucks (up), toadies, truckles drools, gushes, slavers, slobbersendears, ingratiatescourts, woosadulates, idolizes, worshipsblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, flatters, overpraises, soft-soapscowers, cringes, grovelsabases, debases, demeansdefers, submits, yields curries favor, kisses up to despises, disdains, scornsgibes(or jibes), jeers, scoffsbraves, challenges, defies |