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scratching ones back

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Main Entry: brownnose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suck up to

Synonyms:

apple-polish, back-scratch, bootlick, curry favor, fawn on, flatter, get on the right side of, kiss ass, scratch one's back, suck up to, toady
Main Entry: reciprocate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exchange, alternate; equal

Synonyms:

barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat, trade, vacillate

Antonyms:

deny, refuse
Main Entry: toady
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fawn

Synonyms:

apple-polish, be servile, bootlick, brownnose, butter up, cajole, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, honey up, kiss one's feet, kiss-up, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, massage*, oil, pay court, play up to, scratch one's back, stroke*, suck up to, truckle, woo*
Main Entry: truckle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fawn

Synonyms:

apple-polish, be servile, bootlick, brownnose, butter up, cajole, fall all over, fall on one's knees, flatter, grovel, honey up, kiss one's feet, kiss-up, kowtow, lay it on, lick boots, massage*, oil, pay court, play up to, scratch one's back, stroke*, suck up to, toady, woo*
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