podlizywać się — meaning in English

English meaning

• bootlick verb To try to win someone's approval by being overly obedient and flattering.
• fawn noun A young deer, usually under a year old.
• wangle verb To get something by being cunning or tricking people.

Senses

podlizywać się is used for these senses in English:

• bootlick (transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
• lickspittle (transitive, and, intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
• suck up (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
• wangle (intransitive) To achieve through contrivance or cajolery.

bootlick — full definition

1. verb To try to win someone's approval by being overly obedient and flattering.
2. verb To behave in a fawning, servile way towards someone.

fawn — full definition

1. noun A young deer, usually under a year old.
2. noun A light yellowish-brown colour.
3. verb To seek approval or favour through excessive flattery or servile behaviour.

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