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- noun Plural form of
kiss-up .
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Examples
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No matter how much the insurance companies rob them blind, they still act like a bunch of kiss-ups to them!
'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour aimed at health care 2009
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The responses allowed the researchers to divide the students into two groups — the truly dedicated and the kiss-ups.
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How the CIA Created a Ruling, Corporate Overclass in America yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'How the CIA Created a Ruling, Corporate Overclass in America'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The CIA has become the enforcement arm of the ruling elite of corporations, military industrialists, government contractors, and bureaucratic kiss-ups!
How the CIA Created a Ruling, Corporate Overclass in America 2008
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No way was I going to join the kiss-ups who leave notes on the board detailing their precise location.
Missing Justice Burke, Alafair 2004
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Further, providing scheduled raises and promotions for outstanding national media marketing employees avoids mind games and gets rid of the office kiss-ups.
National Media Company - Entertainment Promotion Outsourcing 2008
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