7
kneel(verb, yield, surrender, submit, bend)
6
bootlick(verb, support, hide, recoil, court)
6
bow(verb, agree, yield, surrender, submit)
6
draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, start, withdraw)
6
squinch
6
toady(verb, support, yield, hide, submit)
5
funk
5
dodge(verb, withdraw, retreat, recoil, shrink)
5
duck(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy)
5
flatter(verb, yield, submit, jolly, bow)
5
quiver(verb, recoil, tremble, shrink, flinch)
4
bend the knee(expression, idiom, servility, submission)
4
bow and scrape(verb, expression, idiom, court, beg)
4
brown-nose(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
4
prostrate(verb, surrender, submit, bow, court)
4
slaver(verb, support, yield, submit, jolly)
4
withdraw(verb, start, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
3
Funk
3
abase(verb, yield, surrender, submit, jolly)
3
bow to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, submit, comply)
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