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curry favour

verb

seek favor by fawning or flattery

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This employee is currying favor with his superordinates

• Syn: ↑curry favor, ↑court favor, ↑court favour

• Hypernyms:

↑fawn, ↑toady, ↑truckle, ↑bootlick, ↑kowtow, ↑kotow, ↑suck up

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s

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curry favour

(earlier curry favell to curry the chestnut horse) to seek to ingratiate oneself

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Main Entry: ↑curry

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curry favour see ↑curry²and ↑favel

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Main Entry: ↑favour

Useful english dictionary. 2012.