Even for those who have never been in an English class before, the word kiss must be very easy to understand. However, the next two phrasal verbs using that word have nothing to do with the action of putting your lips on someone's face itself.
The first one is TO KISS OFF. Before we go into its meaning, let's try to analyze its construction. Notice that the preposition that follows the verb to KISS is OFF. If we remember of some other verbs followed by that preposition such as drive off, race off, they will always remind us of hurrying away or leaving somewhere quickly. The phrasal verb TO KISS OFF on the other hand means to tell someone to go away instead. But why would you want to tell someone to go away from you? That must be rude, right? It is actually, and you'll only want to use that phrasal verb to someone that's been annoying you to the point you invite them to leave, as in this example: He was bugging us, so we told him to kiss off.
If you are a frequent visit around, you must have stumbled upon one of my previous posts talking about how to call a person that's always trying get into someone's favour. Those are ass-kissers, which in Portuguese would be "puxa-sacos". Maybe there's a plenty of them at your work environment, the place where they're most likely to be found. But if you had to use a phrasal verb to describe what ass-kissers usually do to their bosses for instance, would you know how to do so? They KISS UP TO them. That's our second phrasal verb with the word kiss. Take this example: He's a creep and is always KISSING UP TO the director. Talk to you next time.
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