curry favor
Example Sentences
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Hence, it is reasonable to think they will use January to tidy up their affairs and reset investor expectations to curry favor with Elliott.
From Barron's
It outraged him that the people who got credit for higher understanding were those who spent the most time currying favor with the media.
From Literature
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
