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СТАНОВИТЬСЯ/СТАТЬ НА ЗАДНИЕ ЛАПКИ перед кем coll, disapprov VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO

to begin to take an obsequious attitude toward s.o. , fawn upon s.o. ( usu. in order to obtain sth. ): X становится перед Y-ом на задние лапки = X begins to dance attendance on Y

X starts kowtowing (playing up) to Y.