22
crawl(verb, move, yield, charm, submit)
17
fawn(noun, verb, support, praise, charm)
16
cower(verb, yield, hide, submit, bend)
16
cringe(verb, support, yield, surrender, hide)
15
creep(verb, yield, submit, jolly, steal)
11
bow(verb, yield, surrender, submit, bend)
11
kowtow(verb, support, yield, surrender, charm)
10
truckle(verb, support, yield, charm, hide)
9
apple-polish(verb, phrasal verb, support, yield, informal)
8
toady(noun, verb, support, praise, yield)
8
bootlick(verb, support, praise, see, charm)
8
crouch(verb, yield, hide, submit, bend)
8
flatter(verb, praise, see, yield, charm)
8
prostrate(verb, surrender, informal, submit, bow)
7
bow and scrape(verb, expression, idiom, bow, beg)
6
sneak(verb, hide, steal, recoil, tremble)
6
stoop(verb, yield, submit, bend, jolly)
5
abase(verb, yield, surrender, submit, jolly)
5
genuflect(verb, bow, kowtow, stoop, pander)
5
kneel(verb, yield, surrender, submit, bend)
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