in favour with sb

  • 1favour with — ˈfavour with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they favour with he/she/it favours with present participle favouring with past tense favoured with …

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  • 2favour with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms favour with : present tense I/you/we/they favour with he/she/it favours with present participle favouring with past tense favoured with past participle favoured with mainly literary favour someone with… …

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  • 3curry 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 …

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  • 4curry 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 …

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  • 5favour — (US favor) ► NOUN 1) approval or liking. 2) an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual. 3) overgenerous preferential treatment. 4) (one s favours) dated a woman s consent to a man having sexual intercourse with her. 5) archaic a thing such as …

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  • 6favour — 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)¦ …

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  • 7favour — 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 …

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  • 8favour — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (BrE) (AmE favor) noun 1 sth that helps sb ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge ▪ little, small ▪ special …

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  • 9favour — [[t]fe͟ɪvə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ favours, favouring, favoured (in AM, use favor) 1) N UNCOUNT If you regard something or someone with favour, you like or support them. It remains to be seen if the show will still find favour with a 1990s audience... No one… …

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  • 10favour — 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 …

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