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Curry favour

verb
1.
Seek favor by fawning or flattery.  Synonyms: court favor, court favour, curry favor.





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"Curry favour" Quotes from Famous Books



... bear these flatteries, and I can see that, whatever this man does, his continual watching after the bread, wine, wood, salt, and candles, is done but to curry favour and to make his court to you. I am indignant to see it all; and I am sorry to hear every day what is said of you; for, after all, I have a certain tenderness for you; and, except my horses, you are the person I like most in ...
— The Miser (L'Avare) • Moliere


Words linked to "Curry favour" :   curry favor, bootlick, fawn, court favour, kowtow, kotow, toady, suck up, truckle, court favor


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