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play up to someone
phrasal verb with playverbuk /pleɪ/ us /pleɪ/
to try to make someone like you and treat you well by behaving in a way you think will please them: 讨好，巴结（某人）
Julia knows how to play up to the supervisors - she can always get time off work when she wants it.朱莉娅懂得如何讨好上司——这样她随时都能请假。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
backhanded compliment
bootlicker
bow and scrapeidiom
crawler
creep
flummery
glad-handing
grovel
grovelling
grovellingly
massage someone's egoidiom
obsequious
obsequiously
people pleaser
schmooze
sycophantically
toady
toadying
truckle
unctuous
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