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179 entries under verb topic. ×
| fall back(expression, phrasal verb, recoil, flinch) | |
| genuflect(bow, stoop, grovel, pander) | |
| prostrate oneself(expression, idiom, bow, servility) | |
| retreat(start, withdraw, shy, dodge) | |
| shrink back(expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| be at beck and call(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| be obsequious(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| be servile(yield, submit, bend, jolly) | |
| blink(start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| bound | |
| bow down(expression, surrender, bend, squat) | |
| butter up(expression, yield, submit, jolly) | |
| cajole(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| cotton(phrasal verb, support, yield, informal) | |
| court(yield, submit, jolly, bow) | |
| cringing | |
| curry favor(expression, idiom, support, yield) | |
| debase(yield, submit, jolly, flatter) | |
| dread(fear, anticipate, apprehend) | |
| fall all over(expression, idiom, yield, submit) |
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