подли́зываться — meaning in English

English meaning

• fawn noun A young deer, usually under a year old.
• wheedle verb To try to persuade someone by flattering them.

Senses

подли́зываться is used for these senses in English:

• curry favor (idiomatic) To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention.
• 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.
• wheedle (ambitransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.

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.

wheedle — full definition

1. verb To try to persuade someone by flattering them.
2. verb To get something by using flattery or cunning.

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