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1 curry someone's favour
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2 favour
n. gunst; insigne; genegenheid; partijdigheid; steun; voordeel; toestemmingfavour11 genegenheid ⇒ sympathie, goedkeuring2 partijdigheid ⇒ voorkeur, voortrekkerij3 gunst ⇒ attentie, begunstiging♦voorbeelden:find favour in someone's eyes, find favour with someone • iemands goedkeuring krijgenlook with favour on • iets met welgevallen bezien, iets goedkeurenlose favour with someone/in someone's eyes • uit de gratie raken bij iemandbe/stand high in someone's favour • bij iemand in een goed blaadje staanbe in/out of favour with • in de gunst/uit de gratie zijn bijreturn a favour • een wederdienst bewijzen¶ do me a favour! • zeg, doe me een lol!vote in favour of a motion • vóór een motie stemmena cheque in favour of • een cheque ten name vanin your favour • te uwen gunste————————favour21 gunstig gezind zijn ⇒ positief staan tegenover, een voorstander zijn van3 begunstigen ⇒ prefereren, bevoorrechten♦voorbeelden:
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curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
curry favour — ► curry favour ingratiate oneself through obsequious behaviour. [ORIGIN: from the name (Favel) of a horse in a medieval French romance who became a symbol of cunning and duplicity; hence ‘to rub down Favel’ meant to use cunning.] Main Entry:… … English terms dictionary
curry favour — verb seek favor by fawning or flattery This employee is currying favor with his superordinates • Syn: ↑curry favor, ↑court favor, ↑court favour • Hypernyms: ↑fawn, ↑toady, ↑truckle … Useful english dictionary
curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
curry favour — to try to make someone like you or support you by doing things to please them. The government has promised lower taxes in an attempt to curry favour with the voters. (usually + with) … New idioms dictionary
curry favour (with someone) — phrase to try to make someone like you or give you something Big tax cuts are often proposed to curry favour with voters. Thesaurus: to try hard to please or impress someonesynonym Main entry: curry … Useful english dictionary
curry favour (with somebody) — curry ˈfavour (with sb) idiom (disapproving) to try to get sb to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot • He s always trying to curry favour with the boss. Main entry: ↑curryidiom … Useful english dictionary
curry favour — ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour. → curried … English new terms dictionary
curry-favour — … Useful english dictionary
curry — Ⅰ. curry [1] ► NOUN (pl. curries) ▪ a dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian style sauce of strong spices. ► VERB (curries, curried) ▪ prepare or flavour with such a sauce. ORIGIN Tamil … English terms dictionary
favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special … Collocations dictionary