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71curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) (Dorking School Dictionary) …
72in favour of — 1》 to be replaced by. 2》 in support or to the advantage of. → favour …
73load the dice against (or in favour of) — put at a disadvantage (or advantage). → load …
74curry 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) …
75Do me a favour! — British & Australian, informal something that you say in order to tell someone that what they have just said is stupid. Why don t you go out with Brian? Oh, do me a favour! He s almost 50, and he still lives with his mother! …
76grace and favour — UK / US adjective [only before noun] British a grace and favour house, flat etc has been given to someone to live in without payment by a king, queen, or government …
77in favour — liked, popular, or fashionable at a particular time styles in favour at the moment …
78grace-and-favour — /ˈgreɪs ən ˌfeɪvə/ (say grays uhn .fayvuh) adjective British granted by the sovereign as a mark of gratitude: *her grace and favour apartment at the palace. –west australian, 1992. Also, grace and favor …
79correction in favour of the United Kingdom — Jungtinės Karalystės biudžeto disbalanso korekcija statusas Aprobuotas sritis Europos Sąjungos finansų politika apibrėžtis Specialus Europos Sąjungos biudžeto mechanizmas, skirtas Jungtinės Karalystės įmokoms į Europos Sąjungos biudžetą sumažinti …
80curry 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:… …
