informal

to try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant.

The rest of the class were sick of watching him brown-nose.

• come around to something
• come at a price
• come back down to earth
• come back down to earth with a bang
• come back down to earth with a bump
• come back down to earth with a jolt
• come back from the dead
• come between
• come by
• come by something
• come cap in hand
• come clean
• come down in the world
• come down off your high horse
• come down on
• come down on like a ton of bricks
• come down on someone
• come down on someone like a ton of bricks
• come down on something
• come down on the side of
• come down on the side of someone
• come down on the side of something
• come down the pike
• come down to
• come down to earth