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draw back(verb, phrasal verb, start, withdraw)
4
bend the knee(idiom, servility, submission)
4
bow and scrape(verb, idiom, court, beg)
3
bow to(verb, phrasal verb, submit, comply)
3
eat dirt(verb, recoil, court, beg)
3
fall back(verb, phrasal verb, recoil, flinch)
3
prostrate oneself(verb, idiom, bow, servility)
3
shrink back(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat)
2
bend the neck(idiom, submission)
2
bow down(verb, surrender, bend, squat)
2
buddy up(yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
butter up(verb, yield, submit, jolly)
2
cater to(yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
cave in to(idiom, yield, submit, jolly)
2
curry favor(verb, idiom, support, yield)
2
fall all over(verb, idiom, yield, submit)
2
hang back(verb, recoil, flinch)
2
honey up(yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
lay it on(idiom, yield, submit, jolly)
2
lick boots(verb, yield, submit, jolly)
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