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curried favor

curried favor is the simple past and past participle of curry favor.

Meaning of curry favor

Verb

curry favor (third-person singular simple present curries favor, present participle currying favor, simple past and past participle curried favor)

  1. (idiomatic) To seek to gain favor by flattery or attention.
    • […]always promising to pay, promising to pay, tomorrow, and dying today, insolvent; seeking to curry favor, to get custom, by how many modes, only not state-prison offences;[…]1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC

Questions about curried favor

What is curried favor the simple past and past participle of?
Curried favor is the simple past and past participle of curry favor.

Words near curried favor in the dictionary

  1. curriculum vitæ
  2. curriculums
  3. Curridge
  4. currie
  5. curried
  6. curried favor
  7. curried favour
  8. Curriehill
  9. currier
  10. currieries
  11. curriers

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