curry favor

It outraged him that the people who got credit for higher understanding were those who spent the most time currying favor with the media.

But some Senators, hoping to curry favor, may start to echo the President’s short-term opportunism.

That could curry favor with the 46% of consumers in the U.S.,

He curried favor in Abu Dhabi by backing a local tech incubator and building personal ties to the royals via a circle of well-connected friends on the city’s luxurious Saadiyat island.

Foreign leaders have long used presidential visits to curry favor with the man in the Oval Office.