brownie point
noun/ˈbraʊni pɔɪnt/
/ˈbraʊni pɔɪnt/
[usually plural] (informal)- if somebody does something to earn brownie points, they do it to make somebody in authority have a good opinion of them
- She’s just trying to win brownie points with the boss.
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