court favor

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verb

seek favor by fawning or flattery
- This employee is currying favor with his superordinates
• Syn:
curry favor, curry favour, court favour
• Hypernyms:
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow,
kotow, suck up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s