| cringe(verb, recoil, court, shrink) |
| eat crow(verb, expression, humor, court) |
| abase(verb, court, kowtow, creep) |
| apple-polish(verb, court, kowtow, creep) |
| beg for mercy(verb, expression, idiom, humor, acquiesce) |
| beseech(verb, humor, court, kowtow) |
| blandish(verb, court, kowtow, creep) |
| bootlick(verb, humor, court, kowtow) |
| bow and scrape(verb, expression, idiom, humor, court) |
| brown-nose(verb, acquiesce, court, kowtow) |
| butter up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, court) |
| cater to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, acquiesce, court) |
| court(verb, kowtow, creep, plead) |
| cower(verb, recoil, court, tremble) |
| crawl(verb, recoil, court, tremble) |
| creep(verb, court, kowtow, plead) |
| crouch(verb, recoil, court, tremble) |
| demean oneself(verb, expression, humor, court) |
| eat humble pie(verb, expression, idiom, humor, acquiesce) |
| fall all over(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, humor) |