curry favour

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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