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| has gloss | (verb) seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates" curry favour, court favour, court favor, curry favor |
| lexicalization | eng: court favor |
| lexicalization | eng: court favour |
| lexicalization | eng: curry favor |
| lexicalization | eng: curry favour |
| subclass of | (verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" kotow, truckle, bootlick, suck up, kowtow, fawn, toady |
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| Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexicalization | cmn: zuān ying |
| lexicalization | cmn: 鑽營 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 钻营 |
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| lexicalization | cmn: 巴结 |
| lexicalization | cmn: yín yuan |
| lexicalization | cmn: 夤緣 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 夤缘 |
| lexicalization | cmn: fèng cheng tǎo hao |
| lexicalization | cmn: 奉承討好 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 奉承讨好 |
| German | |
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| lexicalization | deu: anbiedern |
| Finnish | |
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| lexicalization | fin: mielistellä |
| Indonesian | |
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| lexicalization | ind: menjilat pantat |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: подлизываться |
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| lexicalization | rus: заискивать |
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