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brown-nose

/braʊn noʊz/ /braʊn nəʊz/
Informal
  1. 1 (birine) yağ çekmek, dalkavukluk etmek

Definition (English)

To try to please someone in authority by praising that person too much.

Example Sentences

  1. He's always brown-nosing the manager to get a promotion.
    Terfi almak için her zaman müdüre yağ çekiyor.
  2. Stop brown-nosing and do your work.
    Dalkavukluk etmeyi bırak ve işini yap.

Verb Forms Regular

Base brown-nose
/braʊn noʊz/
Past brown-nosed
/braʊn noʊzd/
Participle brown-nosed
/braʊn noʊzd/
Spelling rule

Ends in ‑e: add ‑dbrown-nose → brown-nosed

Fiil -e ile bittiği için sonuna yalnızca -d eklenir.

Same rule: love → loved · live → lived · use → used

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /z/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. brown-nosed /braʊn noʊzd/

Synonyms

flattersuck uptoadyfawnbootlick

Collocations

brown-nose the bossbrown-nose someone

Phrases 14

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