5
surrender(verb, abase, kneel)
5
wallow(verb, delight, spoil, lowness)
5
welter(noun, mass, commotion, jumble)
5
worm(verb, charm, persuade, steal, flatter)
5
yield(verb, submit, jolly, flatter, kowtow)
4
court(verb, praise, see, yield, charm)
4
obey(verb, surrender, abase, kneel)
4
prostrate oneself(verb, expression, idiom, bow, stoop)
4
scrape(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
3
brown-nose(verb, flatter, acquiesce, beg, kowtow)
3
brownnose(verb, phrasal verb, support, praise, yield)
3
butter up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, praise, yield)
3
drag(verb, creep, slowness, poke)
3
fall all over(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, yield)
3
give in(verb, expression, surrender, bow, stoop)
3
salaam(verb, bow, stoop, kneel)
3
slaver(verb, support, yield, charm, persuade)
3
slither(verb, steal, drag, glide, creep)
3
steal(verb, glide, sneak, snake, tiptoe)
3
steal along(verb, expression, phrasal verb, slowness)
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