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curry favour::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | court favor, court favour, curry favor |
| Type of | bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle |
Examples of curry favour
curry favour
Some governments will always want to curry favour with, or intimidate, the press.
From the guardian.co.uk
Smaller ones might gang up, or curry favour with bigger powers to pursue their claims.
From the economist.com
She was more or less abandoned by Western governments keen to curry favour with Mr Meles.
From the economist.com
If his Lordship was hoping to curry favour, he may not have succeeded.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Mind you, there must be some mega church out there ready to curry favour by footing the bill.
From the guardian.co.uk
One way to curry favour with business leaders would be to pledge reform to corporation tax.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
These are gestures meant to curry favour with an upset public.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mr Gore has visited Minnesota three times in the past five months to curry favour with Mr Ventura.
From the economist.com
His motivation was to curry favour with the Tang court and probably also to obtain more troops.
From the en.wikipedia.org
