curry favour

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Verb curry favour has 1 sense

curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour - seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates"
--₁ is one way to fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
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Curry favour

Part of speech: Verb phrase

Definition: To seek to gain someone's favor or approval, typically by doing things that are helpful or pleasing to them.

Sense 1: To flatter or behave obsequiously towards someone in order to win their favor.

Example sentence: He tried to curry favour with his boss by praising her ideas in the meeting.

Sense 2: To seek to gain favor or advantage by ingratiating oneself with someone influential or powerful.

Example sentence: The politician attempted to curry favour with the voters by promising lower taxes.

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