lick someone's boots

present singular third person licks someone's boots · participle present licking someone's boots · participle past licked someone's boots · past licked someone's boots

1. idiomaticinformalTo try hard to please someone.

   “Far-right politicians in primaries are licking the boots of gun lobbyists,” Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts told Rolling Stone in an email on Tuesday. They’ll certainly continue to do so once in office.

   2022 April 13, Ryan Bort, “The Real Reason Republicans Are Loading Their 2022 Campaign Ads With Guns”, in Rolling Stone

   Synonyms: lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, suck up