| brownnose(verb, phrasal verb, support, yield, informal) |
| eat dirt(verb, expression, recoil, court, beg) |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, recoil, flinch) |
| genuflect(verb, bow, stoop, grovel, pander) |
| prostrate oneself(verb, expression, idiom, bow, servility) |
| retreat(verb, start, withdraw, shy, dodge) |
| shrink back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) |
| avoid(start, recoil) |
| be at beck and call(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter) |
| be obsequious(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter) |
| be servile(verb, yield, submit, bend, jolly) |
| bend(bow, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel) |
| bend the neck(expression, idiom, submission) |
| blandish(yield, submit, jolly, flatter, debase) |
| blink(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) |
| bound |
| bow down(verb, expression, surrender, bend, squat) |
| buddy up(expression, yield, submit, jolly, flatter) |
| butter up(verb, expression, yield, submit, jolly) |
| cajole(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter) |