curry favor
curry favour
court favor
court favour

His coolness in the direction of court favour gave rise to suspicions of his puritan leaning.

When George I acceded to the throne, Coningsby resumed his old position in public life, and enjoyed court favour.

The Trust, sensitive about public opinion and anxious to court favor, paradoxically seems uncomfortable with the public's infatuation with its art collection.

He obtained court favor in both Persia and Baghdad.

This court favour brought down punishment in the days of the Revolution, and the old marshal and his wife were guillotined on 27 June 1794.

He has never been the man to court favour and popularity.

Instead, they're commoners who have bought their way into court favor by hook, crook and hypocrisy.

Kerr appears to have also been honoured at an early age with court favour.

Asked to elaborate, he said, "Because somehow we think that to court favor based on a tragedy is wrong."

That's my only hope; court favor.