Usually means: Flatter excessively for personal gain.
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  1. kiss ass: Merriam-Webster
  2. kiss-ass, kiss ass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kiss-ass: Wordnik
  4. kiss ass: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. kiss-ass, kiss ass: Wiktionary
  6. kiss-ass, kiss ass: Dictionary.com
  7. kiss ass: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kiss ass: Encyclopedia

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  1. kiss ass: Idioms

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  1. kiss ass: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. kiss ass: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (kiss ass)

verb:  (US, idiomatic, sometimes vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.

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