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to bow and scrape (before sb.); to crawl (to sb.); to creep (to sb.); to cringe (before sb.); to toady (to sb.); to truckle (to sb.); to grovel (before sb.); to kowtow (to sb.) [formal] (be obsequious to sb.) [listen] [listen] [listen] (vor jdm.) buckeln; katzbuckeln; kriechen; jdm. hinten reinkriechen [ugs.]; vor jdm. zu Kreuze kriechen; vor jdm. auf dem Bauch kriechen {vi} [übtr.] (sich unterwürfig verhalten) [listen]

to crawl to the bigwigs and bully the underlings [Br.]; to suck ass and kick ass nach oben buckeln und nach unten treten

I had to grovel to the bank manager to get a loan. Ich musste vor dem Bankdirektor zu Kreuze kriechen, um einen Kredit zu bekommen.

brown-noser; brown-nose; toady; fawner; groveller [Br.]; groveler [Am.]; kowtower; truckler; sycophant; lickspittle; bootlicker; creep [Br.]; slimy git [Br.]; apple-polisher [Am.]; suck-up [Am.] (obsequious person) [listen] Einschleimer {m}; Schleimer {m}; Kriecher {m}; Speichellecker {m}; Stiefellecker {m} [veraltend]; Schlieferl {n} [Bayr.] [Ös.] [pej.]

brown-nosers; brown-noses; toadies; fawners; grovellers; grovelers; kowtowers; trucklers; sycophants; lickspittles; bootlickers; creeps; slimy gits; apple-polishers; suck-ups [listen] Einschleimer {pl}; Schleimer {pl}; Kriecher {pl}; Speichellecker {pl}; Stiefellecker {pl}; Schlieferl {pl}
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