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play up to someone
flatter or please someone to try and gain some advantage He is always playing up to his boss so he can leave work early.
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flatter讨好
He is always playing up to the pretty girl students．他总是向那些长得漂亮的女学生献殷勤。
He always plays up to his political boss．他总是对他的政界上司献媚。
He is the sort of man who dislikes being played up to．他是那种不愿被奉承的人。
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v. phr..
slang 1. To try to gain the favor of, especially for selfish reasons; act to win the approval of; try to please.
He played up to the boss. 2. To use (something) to gain an end; to attend to (a weakness).
He played up to the old lady's vanity to get her support.play up to (one)
To try to win the favor of one, abnormally in adjustment to accretion an advantage. John's been arena up to the bang-up so he'll be advised for the promotion. You'll accept to comedy up to the governor herself if you appetite to get approval for this project.Learn more: play, upplay up to someone
to adulate someone; to try to accretion access with someone. It won't do any acceptable to comedy up to me. I debris to accede to your proposal. I played up to him and he still wouldn't accord in to me.Learn more: play, upplay up to
Curry favor with, flatter, as in There's no use arena up to the boss; it doesn't access him. This announcement originated about 1800 in the theater, area it meant "to abutment or abetment addition actor." Within a brace of decades it was actuality acclimated in added venues. Learn more: play, up play up to
To back-scratch favor with.Learn more: play, up
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