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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



... her again—yes! and keep her too! Do you think I can't see through you and your precious story? Your father's cut you off with a shilling; and now you want to curry favour with him again by trumping up a case against my girl, and trying to get her off your hands that way. But it won't do! You've married her, my fine gentleman, and you shall stick to her! Do you think I wouldn't sooner believe her, than believe ...
— Basil • Wilkie Collins
... name for a chestnut horse, as Bayard for a bay, and Lyard for a grey. From this proverb has been corrupted our modern phrase "to curry favour." The ...
— Robin Tremain - A Story of the Marian Persecution • Emily Sarah Holt


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


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