try+to+please

  • 91punter — noun (C) 1 BrE informal someone who makes a bet (=risks money) on the result of a horse race etc: a regular punter 2 BrE informal someone who uses a product or a service; customer: You ve got to try to please the punters. 3 the player who punts… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 92lick someone's boots — If you lick someone s boots, you behave in a very servile manner and try to please someone …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 93complaisance — UK [kəmˈpleɪz(ə)ns] / US noun [uncountable] very formal a way of behaving in which you try to please other people …

    English dictionary

  • 94kiss up to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms kiss up to : present tense I/you/we/they kiss up to he/she/it kisses up to present participle kissing up to past tense kissed up to past participle kissed up to American informal kiss up to someone showing… …

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  • 95play — [plā] vi. [ME plein < OE plegan, to play, be active] 1. to move lightly, rapidly, or erratically; flutter [sunlight playing on the waves] 2. to amuse oneself, as by taking part in a game or sport; engage in recreation 3. to take active part in …

    English World dictionary

  • 96pander to something — ˈpander to sth/sb derived (disapproving) to do what sb wants, or try to please them, especially when this is not acceptable or reasonable • to pander to sb s wishes • The speech was pandering to racial prejudice. • …

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  • 97pander to somebody — ˈpander to sth/sb derived (disapproving) to do what sb wants, or try to please them, especially when this is not acceptable or reasonable • to pander to sb s wishes • The speech was pandering to racial prejudice. • …

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  • 98suck up (to somebody) — ˌsuck ˈup (to sb) derived (informal, disapproving) to try to please sb in authority by praising them too much, helping them, etc, in order to gain some advantage for yourself Main entry: ↑suckderived …

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  • 99Wikipedia:Japan-related topics notice board/New Japan-related articles — Please feel free to list newly created Japan related articles here. Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the… …

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  • 1002007 NRL season results — * Please note all times in fixture listings are Australian Eastern Standard Time.Round 1*Bulldogs forward Sonny Bill Williams was sent off in the fourth minute of his 2007 season in the match against Newcastle, having made a hit on Newcastle… …

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