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apple-polisher

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apple-polisher
Fig. a flatterer. Doesn't that wimpy apple-polisher know how stupid he looks? Everybody at my office seems to be an apple-polisher but me.


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However, putting the popular reasons aside for sometime there are several hidden reasons why surrounding yourself with yes-men, apple-polishers and people who blindly agree without questioning for various reasons (including fear) can actually be a poison pill for you.
 
 
 
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