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fawn upon
verb as in compliment
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You will fawn upon and lick the hands of these wretches who have taken your wife and child.
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A man that lives in a crowd is a slave, even though all that are about him fawn upon him and give him the upper-hand.
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We should neither fawn upon every body like silly lap-dogs, nor fly at all persons like surly mastiffs.
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It was his policy to fawn upon all and never permit himself to think that an insult was intended.
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Hunting weather, and a clean run and all the dogs of war to fawn upon you at the end!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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