try to ingratiate

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• ingratiate yourself with someone — showing disapproval phrase to try to get someone’s approval by doing or saying things that will please them Thesaurus: to try hard to please or impress someonesynonym Main entry: ingratiate …   Useful english dictionary

• ingratiate — in|gra|ti|ate [ınˈgreıʃieıt] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: gratia grace ] ingratiate yourself (with sb) to try very hard to get someone s approval used to show disapproval ▪ His policy is to ingratiate himself with anyone who might be… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ingratiate — [[t]ɪngre͟ɪʃieɪt[/t]] ingratiates, ingratiating, ingratiated VERB (disapproval) If someone tries to ingratiate themselves with you, they do things to try and make you like them. [V pron refl with n] Many politicians are trying to ingratiate… …   English dictionary

• ingratiate — verb ingratiate yourself (with) to try hard to get someone s approval, by doing things to please them, expressing admiration etc: The child glared so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself with her by offering candy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• ingratiate — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [in GRA she ate] to court favor with someone or purposely try to get on his or her good side. After the argument she attempted to ingratiate herselfwith her boyfriend by preparinga special dinner.… …   English dictionary for students

• ingratiate — in|gra|ti|ate [ ın greıʃi,eıt ] verb transitive ingratiate yourself (with someone) to try to get someone s approval by doing or saying things that will please them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ingratiate — [ɪnˈgreɪʃiˌeɪt] verb ingratiate yourself with sb showing disapproval to try to get someone s approval by doing things that will please them[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• ingratiate yourself with someone — showing disapproval to try to get someone s approval by doing or saying things that will please them …   English dictionary

• cotton up — v. (colloq.) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) ( to try to ingratiate oneself ) to cotton up to * * * [ kɒtn ʌp] (colloq.) (esp. AE) (d; intr.) ( to try to ingratiate oneself) to cotton up to …   Combinatory dictionary

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• Dou Huaizhen — (竇懷貞) (died July 29, 713[1]), known by his courtesy name Dou Congyi (竇從一) during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong (r. 705–710), posthumously renamed Du Huaizhen (毒懷貞), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian s Zhou Dynasty …   Wikipedia