Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, slang)To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.

Examples

18 sentences

  1. He sucks up to his boss.

    j_hpan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. She sucks up to the teacher.

    ruОна подлизывается к учителю. — sharptoothed

    deSie schleimt sich bei dem Lehrer ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. All you do is suck up to Tom.

    ruТы только и делаешь, что подлизываешься к Тому. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Cotton sucks up water.

    deBaumwolle nimmt Wasser auf. — MUIRIEL

    jakov · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. You're a suck-up.

    ruТы подхалим. — marafon

    ddnktr · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Probably a variation of the expression suck up your chest, meaning roughly compose yoursel

Probably a variation of the expression suck up your chest, meaning roughly compose yourself, bear your troubles, stand tall, and proceed.

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Forms

sucks it up, sucking it up, sucked it up, sucked it up
Base formsuck it up · to suck it up
3rd person singularsucks it up
Present participlesucking it up
Past simplesucked it up
Past participlesucked it up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysuck it up
he, she, itsucks it up

Past simpleLesson

all personssucked it up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sucked it up
he, she, ithas sucked it up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill suck it up

Synonyms

8 synonyms
be a mangrin and bear itlump itman upsave the drama for your mamadeal with itpush through ittake it like a man

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suchA2suckB2suckersuckle
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