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- noun Alternative spelling of
yes man .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person of unquestioning obedience
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Examples
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You don't realize how dangerous and futile the deep-bore is no matter what I say and therefore sound like a clueless yes-man.
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A person on yes-man would do anything anybody said, and was usually associated with the worst sort of freaks.
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Ultimately, that would do far more to advance Israeli interests than would any yes-man.
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A person on yes-man would do anything anybody said, and was usually associated with the worst sort of freaks.
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A person on yes-man would do anything anybody said, and was usually associated with the worst sort of freaks.
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We've taken the typical wish-fulfillment ego-gratification yes-man companion animal and made her the dominant partner in the relationship.
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He was a waving a butcher knife out in front of himself while he spoke, and with each thrust, the knife, a bit of a yes-man itself, nodded up and down in obvious collusion with dad who held it, giving an added force to his words that alone they didn't carry.
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Specter was just a yes-man for both Reagan and Bush.
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Green Arrow became Hal's yes-man and followed whatever Hal said to do.
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A person on yes-man would do anything anybody said, and was usually associated with the worst sort of freaks.
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