apple-polish

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Verb

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apple-polish (third-person singular simple present apple-polishes, present participle apple-polishing, simple past and past participle apple-polished)

  1. (US, idiomatic, transitive) To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

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