curry+favor
101cater — v 1. provide, furnish, supply; purvey, mess, victual, forage; entertain, fete, wine and dine, regale. 2. cater to indulge, humor, favor, oblige; gratify, satisfy, please; give way to, yield to; pamper, coddle, spoil; serve, do for, do service for …
102indulge — v 1. live hard, live high, be intemperate, be excessive, splurge, run riot, Inf. go whole hog; sow one s wild oats, Sl. paint the town red, Sl. go to town; plunge into dissipation, go on a spree, hit the booze, Sl. go off the wagon; carouse,… …
103insinuate — v 1. intimate, suggest, infer, imply, hint, Inf. give to understand, Inf. put a bug in [s.o. s] ear; clue, Inf. tip off, cue, prompt; whisper, breathe; allude to, advert, refer, indicate. 2.(all artfully) infuse, inject, interject, instill,… …
104Palestine — On 2 November 1917, the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, which permitted the Jews, after almost 1,900 years of exile, to return to their home in Palestine. Seeking to replace the Turks as the protector of the Suez lifeline to …
105pickthank — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: from the phrase pick a thank “to seek someone s favor” archaic : one who tries to curry favor by flattery, sycophancy, or talebearing smiling pickthanks and base newsmongers Shakespeare …
106brown-nose — {v.}, {slang}, {avoidable}, {though gaining in acceptance} To curry favor in a subservient way, as by obviously exaggerated flattery. * /Max brown noses his teachers, that s why he gets all A s in his courses./ Compare: POLISH THE APPLE …
107brown-nose — {v.}, {slang}, {avoidable}, {though gaining in acceptance} To curry favor in a subservient way, as by obviously exaggerated flattery. * /Max brown noses his teachers, that s why he gets all A s in his courses./ Compare: POLISH THE APPLE …
108Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 …
109Picked — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …
110Picking — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …
