shine up

Verb

Meaning

ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

suck up play up cozy up cotton up sidle up draw absorb foreground suck fawn imbibe highlight spotlight kowtow toady
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Antonyms

black gray dark flat obscure pale
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Hypernyms

ingratiate

Examples

She is playing up to the chairman Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

shine of the sun shine one's shoes shine through Shine-Dalgarno sequence shineful shineless