curry favour

Speech parts

1. curry favour - Verb

2. curry favour - Phrase

Meaning

seek favor by fawning or flattery

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

court favour blarney court crawl creep flatter coax fawn grovel kowtow toady butter up curry favor brown-nose bow and scrape
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Antonyms

shun ignore neglect insult disdain disregard
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Hypernyms

fawn kowtow suck up toady bootlick truckle

Examples

This employee is currying favor with his superordinates Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

curry favour

Close letter words and terms

Curry County curry favor curry favor with curry favour with curry house curry ketchup