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verb (v)

• move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  foreground, highlight, spotlight
  Antonym:
  background, downplay, play down
  

  source: wordnet30
• ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  cotton up, cozy up, shine up, sidle up, suck up
  

  source: wordnet30