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curried favorphrasepast tense of curry favor to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superiorShe would bring in snacks in an attempt to curry favor with the jefe. apple-polished, bootlicked, fawned, fussed, kowtowed, sucked (up), toadied, truckled drooled, gushed, slavered, slobberedendeared, ingratiatedcourted, wooedadulated, idolized, worshipped(also worshiped)blandished, cajoled, coaxed, flattered, overpraised, soft-soapedcowered, cringed, groveled(or grovelled)abased, debased, demeaneddeferred, submitted, yielded kissed up to despised, disdained, scornedgibed(or jibed), jeered, scoffedbraved, challenged, defied |