Uriah Heep

Proper noun

 * 1) A fictional character,, in the 1850  novel , noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.

Noun

 * 1)  Someone like the fictional character Uriah Heep.
 * 2) * 1869, "Semi-Detached Wives", The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, New Series, Vol IX, no. 3 (March 1869) page 352
 * She is the Uriah Heep of society, humbling herself before the Church and the Law, whispering sweetly her vow to honor and obey, hugging her chains as a chattel and a slave.

Verb

 * 1) To be a yes man, in the style of Uriah Heep.
 * 2) * 1978, Susan Darter Hunt, "A Matter of Irreconcilable Differences", The North American Review, volume 263, No. 1 (Spring, 1978) page 34
 * But he'd Uriah-Heeped himself into yet another corner from which she refused to extricate him.