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85 entries under expression topic. ×
| have fawns | |
| hold in abeyance | |
| humble yourself(verb, beg, kowtow, plead) | |
| jump back(withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| kick back(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| kiss feet(court, prostrate, beseech, abase) | |
| knuckle under(bow, stoop, grovel, pander) | |
| lean forward(bend, squat, crouch) | |
| lie down and roll over(verb, idiom, bow, stoop) | |
| making much of(idiom, fawn, beseech, abase) | |
| move slowly | |
| quail before(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| recoil from(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| recoil in distaste | |
| reduce physically | |
| say uncle(bow, stoop, grovel, pander) | |
| servile civility | |
| show fear(tremble, quake, quaver, quail) | |
| shrink of flinch | |
| shrivel up(verb, phrasal verb) |
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