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85 entries under expression topic. ×
| draw back(verb, phrasal verb, start, withdraw) | |
| bend the knee(idiom, servility, submission) | |
| bow and scrape(verb, idiom, court, beg) | |
| bow to(verb, phrasal verb, submit, comply) | |
| eat dirt(verb, recoil, court, beg) | |
| fall back(verb, phrasal verb, recoil, flinch) | |
| prostrate oneself(verb, idiom, bow, servility) | |
| shrink back(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| bend the neck(idiom, submission) | |
| bow down(verb, surrender, bend, squat) | |
| buddy up(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| butter up(verb, yield, submit, jolly) | |
| cater to(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| cave in to(idiom, yield, submit, jolly) | |
| curry favor(verb, idiom, support, yield) | |
| fall all over(verb, idiom, yield, submit) | |
| hang back(verb, recoil, flinch) | |
| honey up(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| lay it on(idiom, yield, submit, jolly) | |
| lick boots(verb, yield, submit, jolly) |
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