favour : Idioms & Phrases


court favour

  • verb seek favor by fawning or flattery
    court favor; curry favor; court favour.
    • This employee is currying favor with his superordinates
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curry favour

  • verb seek favor by fawning or flattery
    court favor; curry favor; court favour.
    • This employee is currying favor with his superordinates
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ill-favoured

  • adjective satellite usually used of a face
    ill-favored.
    • an ill-favored countenance
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party favour

  • noun souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
    favor; party favor; favour.
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well-favoured

  • adjective satellite pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
    fine-looking; better-looking; well-favored; good-looking; handsome.
    • a fine-looking woman
    • a good-looking man
    • better-looking than her sister
    • very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray
    • our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
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