honey around

verb

To cajole or sweet-talk (someone); to hang out around (someone) as a yes-man or toady.

Meanings

verbhoney around (third-person singular simple present honeys around, present participle honeying around, simple past and past participle honeyed around)

present singular third person honeys around · participle present honeying around · participle past honeyed around · past honeyed around

  1. figurativelyinformalTo cajole or sweet-talk (someone); to hang out around (someone) as a yes-man or toady.

    Synonyms: butter up, fawn over, honey up, blandander, blandish, butter up, cajole, sweeten

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cajole or sweet-talk (someone); to hang out around (someone) as a yes-man or toady.

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Chicago

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