Meaning brown-nose
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brown-nosealso brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nos [..]
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brown-noseVerb. To overly praise or behave sycophantically, i.e. to 'arse-lick'. E.g."Tom's in the manager's office brown-nosing - hoping to get that promotion."
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brown-nose(v) flatter with the intention of getting something
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