eat dirt

cower kneel quiver tremble wince

blench crawl crouch dodge duck grovel quail shrink shy start stoop

draw back

face meet stretch

come forward

eat humble pie eat one's words eat shit swallow one's pride tuck one's tail

die drop give up go down slump

bend capitulate obey perish resign submit succumb yield

back down be casualty be destroyed be killed be lost be taken defer to fall to pieces give in give way go under lie down pass into enemy hands

fight

advance overcome overthrow win

beseech fawn

beg blandish bootlick brown-nose court cower crawl creep cringe crouch flatter humor implore kneel kowtow pamper prostrate revere snivel soft-soap stoop truckle wheedle

apple-polish beg for mercy bow and scrape butter up cater to eat crow eat humble pie fall all over humble oneself kiss one's feet make much of make up to play up to suck up to

ignore

boast