1. Idiom: Curry favor To seek or gain

2. Effort curry favor with the matter, why become a thankless thing?

3. False friends are often great flatterers who curry favor with some ulterior motive.

4. What does Brownnose mean? To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on

5. In addition, some of the chief priests had gone to great lengths to curry favor with the Roman authorities.

6. Synonyms for Brownnose include flatter, bootlick, toady, apple-polish, suck up to, fawn on, curry favour, curry favor, back-scratch and get on the right side of

7. Brownnosing, for all its deeply negative connotation, is a time-tested shortcut to success, relying on ingratiation and flattery instead of talent and hard work to curry favor with authority in the workplace, meaning supervisors, managers, bosses and anyone else with the power to help or hurt