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grovel(verb, support, yield, hide, submit)
10
fawn(verb, support, hide, flatter, recoil)
9
kowtow(verb, support, yield, hide, submit)
9
toady(verb, support, yield, hide, submit)
9
truckle(verb, support, yield, hide, submit)
8
cringe(verb, support, yield, hide, submit)
6
slaver(verb, support, yield, submit, jolly)
5
brownnose(verb, phrasal verb, yield, informal, hide)
5
cower(verb, yield, hide, submit, jolly)
4
bootlick(verb, support, hide, flatter, recoil)
4
brown-nose(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
4
butter up(verb, expression, yield, submit, jolly)
4
cotton(verb, phrasal verb, yield, informal, submit)
4
crawl(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
4
flatter(verb, yield, submit, jolly, debase)
3
curry favor(verb, expression, idiom, yield, submit)
3
defer(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
3
suck up to(verb, expression, idiom, flatter, court)
2
abase(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
be at beck and call(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
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