n. 25B6; noun a conniving little toady : SYCOPHANT, fawner, flatterer, creep, crawler, lickspittle; informal bootlicker, yes-man; archaic toad-eater.
25B6; verb she imagined him toadying to his rich clients : GROVEL TO, ingratiate oneself with, be obsequious to, kowtow to, pander to, crawl to, truckle to, bow and scrape to, dance attendance on, curry favour with, make up to, fawn on/over; informal suck up to, lick someone's boots, butter up.