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bow and scrape(verb, idiom, court, beg)
5
suck up(verb, phrasal verb, support, slang)
4
butter up(verb, draw, yield, submit)
4
prostrate oneself(verb, bow, stoop, kneel)
3
bow to(verb, phrasal verb, endure, submit)
3
bowing and scraping(idiom, courtesy)
3
play up to(idiom, yield, submit, jolly)
3
presenting arms(idiom, respect)
3
suck up to(verb, idiom, flatter, court)
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bend the knee(idiom, submission)
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bend the neck(idiom, submission)
2
bow down(verb, surrender, bow, kneel)
2
buddy up(yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
cater to(yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
cave in(verb, phrasal verb, bow, stoop)
2
cave in to(idiom, yield, submit, jolly)
2
curry favor(verb, idiom, support, yield)
2
do obeisance(verb, bow)
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eat crow(verb, agree, surrender, acknowledge)
2
fall all over(verb, idiom, yield, submit)
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