ingratiate oneself with smb
"ingratiate oneself with somebody", does this phrase has a good or bad connotation?
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Michael Smith, Timothy, thank you!
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OK. To ingratiate yourself with someone has a slightly negative connotation. It often implies that you are trying to please that person just to gain their favor.
Better than ingratiating: to charm, to get in with.
Worse than ingratiating: to kiss up to, to brown nose, to grovel.
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Michael Smith, yes, it's for "somebody", I can change it in the topic, if it looks confusing
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Definitely bad. SoMeBody, maybe ...? https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingratiate
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I've never heard of SMB, what is that?
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