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1curry 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 …
2curry 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 …
3curry 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) …
4curry 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 …
5curry favour — ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour. → curried …
6favour — 1 BrE, favor AmE noun 1 HELP (C) something that you do for someone in order to help them or be kind to them : ask a favour (of sb): Can I ask a favor of you? | do sb a favour: Could you do me a favour and turn off that light? | do sth as a favour …
7favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special …
8favour — I UK [ˈfeɪvə(r)] / US [ˈfeɪvər] noun Word forms favour : singular favour plural favours *** 1) [countable] something that you do for someone in order to help them do someone a favour: Could you do me a favour? ask a favour of someone: Can I ask a …
9curry — I UK [ˈkʌrɪ] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms curry : singular curry plural curries an Indian food consisting of meat or vegetables cooked in a sauce with a hot flavour, often eaten with rice a chicken/lamb/vegetable curry Curry is… …
10favour — fa|vour1 W2S1 BrE favor AmE [ˈfeıvə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(help)¦ 2¦(support/approval)¦ 3¦(popular/unpopular)¦ 4¦(advantage)¦ 5¦(choose something instead)¦ 6 do somebody/something no favours 7¦(unfair support)¦ …