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verb · transitive · rare

toady

toady · toadies · toadied · toadying

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To behave like a toadyTo behave like a toady (toward someone).

UK/ˈtəʊ.di/US/ˈtoʊ.di/

» I see you brought your toady along.

Meaning

1 senses

To behave like a toady (toward someone).

More definitions

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Examples

4 sentences

I see you brought your toady along.
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Carmen only bakes the bosses' favourite cake to toady up to him.
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Tom is a toady.
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Aristotle was toadying up to the Macedonian monarchy.
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Origin

From a shortening of toadeater + -y.

From a shortening of toadeater + -y.

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Forms

toadies, toadying, toadied, toadied

Base form	toady · to toady
3rd person singular	toadies
Present participle	toadying
Past simple	toadied
Past participle	toadied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	toady
he, she, it	toadies

Past simpleLesson

all persons

toadied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have toadied
he, she, it	has toadied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will toady

Word family

2 related words

Derivedtoadier untoadying

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

toA1 toadstool toastA2 toaster toasty

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