Usually means: Seek favor through excessive flattery.
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  1. kiss up to: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. kiss up to: Merriam-Webster
  3. kiss up to: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. kiss up to: Wiktionary

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  1. kiss up to: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (kiss up to)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To pay false compliments to; to flatter in excess.

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