curry+favor
21curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) …
22curry favour — verb seek favor by fawning or flattery This employee is currying favor with his superordinates • Syn: ↑curry favor, ↑court favor, ↑court favour • Hypernyms: ↑fawn, ↑toady, ↑truckle …
23curry — curry1 /kerr ee, kur ee/, n., pl. curries, v., curried, currying. n. 1. East Indian Cookery. a pungent dish of vegetables, onions, meat or fish, etc., flavored with various spices or curry powder, and often eaten with rice. 2. any dish flavored… …
24favor — fa|vor1 [ feıvər ] noun *** ▸ 1 something you do to help someone ▸ 2 support/admiration ▸ 3 giving unfair advantage ▸ 4 small present for guest ▸ 5 sex ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count something that you do for someone in order to help them: do someone a… …
25curry — cur|ry1 [ kʌri ] noun count or uncount an Indian food consisting of meat or vegetables cooked in a sauce with a hot flavor, often eaten with rice: a chicken/lamb/vegetable curry curry cur|ry 2 [ kʌri ] verb transitive to cook something such as… …
26favor — gain favor with grant (smb.) a favor to find favor in smb. s eyes to vie for smb. s favor (G) he favors raising taxes [ approval ] [ liking ] to curry favor with [ friendly act, service ] to do in favor with to find to look with favor on smt. to… …
27favor, favour — I n. friendly act, service 1) to do, grant (smb.) a favor, favour 2) to perform a favor, favour (for smb.) approval liking 3) to curry favor, favour with; to vie for smb. s favor, favour 4) to find, gain favor, favour with; to find favor, favour… …
28curry — I cur•ry [[t]ˈkɜr i, ˈkʌr i[/t]] n. pl. ries, 1) coo a pungent dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in a sauce with curry powder 2) coo curry powder 3) coo a sauce containing curry powder 4) coo to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder •… …
29curry favour — If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. ( Curry favor is the American spelling.) (Dorking School Dictionary) …
30favor — See: CURRY FAVOR, IN FAVOR OF …
