Phrase guide
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noun
A deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: make a leg
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic
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Synonyms: brownnose, fawn, suck up, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, butter up, dickride, duchess, fawn over, fellate, flannel, honey around, honey up, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kiss up, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, toady
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
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