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COURT FAVOUR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does court favour mean?
• COURT FAVOUR (verb)
The verb COURT FAVOUR has 1 sense:
1. seek favor by fawning or flattery
Familiarity information: COURT FAVOUR used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seek favor by fawning or flattery
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
court favor; court favour; curry favor; curry favour
Context example:
This employee is currying favor with his superordinates
Hypernyms (to "court favour" is one way to...):
bootlick; fawn; kotow; kowtow; suck up; toady; truckle (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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