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backwater
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beg(verb, humor, court, kowtow, plead)
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beg for mercy(verb, expression, idiom, humor, acquiesce)
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beseech(verb, humor, court, beg, kowtow)
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blandish(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
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bootlick(verb, humor, court, beg, kowtow)
1
bow and scrape(verb, expression, idiom, humor, court)
1
brown-nose(verb, acquiesce, court, beg, kowtow)
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buckle under(verb, expression, phrasal verb, fall, leave)
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butter up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, court, beg)
1
capitulate(verb, leave, abandon, yield, quit)
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cater to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, acquiesce, court)
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cave in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, fall, withdraw)
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cede(verb, leave, abandon, yield, quit)
1
commit(verb, leave, abandon, yield, quit)
1
concede(verb, withdraw, leave, abandon, yield)
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consign(verb, leave, abandon, yield, quit)
1
court(verb, beg, kowtow, creep, plead)
1
cower(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
1
crawl(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
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