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bootlicking adjective [ ˈbuːtlɪkɪŋ ]

• behaving in an excessively obedient or servile way as a means of gaining favour.
• "a mindless herd of bootlicking sycophants"

bootlicking noun

• excessively obedient or servile behaviour.
• "everybody in the room was sick of his flagrant bootlicking"

bootlick verb

• behave obsequiously towards (someone) in order to gain favour.
• "several senior party officials stampeded to bootlick her"


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