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curries favorphrasepresent tense third-person singular 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-polishes, bootlicks, fawns, fusses, kowtows, sucks (up), toadies, truckles drools, gushes, slavers, slobbersendears, ingratiatescourts, woosadulates, idolizes, worshipsblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, flatters, overpraises, soft-soapscowers, cringes, grovelsabases, debases, demeansdefers, submits, yields kisses up to despises, disdains, scornsgibes(or jibes), jeers, scoffsbraves, challenges, defies |