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COURT FAVOUR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seek favor by fawning or flattery
Example:
This employee is currying favor with his superordinates
Synonyms:
court favor; court favour; curry favor; curry favour
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "court favour" is one way to...):
bootlick; fawn; kotow; kowtow; suck up; toady; truckle (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s