in one s favor Idiom, Proverb
do a favor
favorite son
lose favor
odds-on favorite
out of favor with someone
the odds-on favorite
return the favor
Idiom(s): return the favorTheme: RECIPROCITY
to do a good deed for someone who has done a good deed for you.
• You helped me last week, so I'll return the favor and help you this week.
• There is no point in helping Bill. He'll never return the favor.
out of favor
Idiom(s): out of favor (with sb)Theme: OPPOSITION
no longer desirable or preferred by someone.
• I can't ask John to help. I'm out of favor with him.
• That kind of thing has been out of favor for years.
in one's favor
Idiom(s): in one's favorTheme: ADVANTAGE
to someone's advantage or credit. (Especially in sports scores, as in the examples.)
• The score was ten to twelve in our favor.
• At the end of the second half, the score was forty to three in the other team's favor.
decide in favor of
Idiom(s): decide in favor of sb or sthTheme: DECISION
to determine that someone or something is the winner.
• The judge decided in favor of the defendant.
• I decided in favor of the red one.
curry favor
Idiom(s): curry favor (with sb)Theme: FRIENDS
to try to win favor from someone.
• The advocate approved to back-scratch favor with the judge.
• It's asinine to back-scratch favor, aloof act yourself.
curry favor|curry|favor
v. To adulate or serve addition to get his advice or friendship. Joe approved to back-scratch favor with the new abecedary by accomplishing little casework that she didn't absolutely want. Jim approved to back-scratch favor with the new babe by cogent her she was the prettiest babe in the class.Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
decide in favor of
Idiom(s): decide in favor of sb or sthTheme: DECISION
to actuate that addition or article is the winner.
• The adjudicator absitively in favor of the defendant.
• I absitively in favor of the red one.
do a favor
favor
favorsee curry favor; in favor of; in favor with; in one's favor; out of favor; return the compliment.
favorite son
favorite son|favorite|son
n. A man accurate by his home accompaniment for President. At a civic convention, states generally vote for their admired sons first; again they change and vote for addition man.ill-favored|favored|ill
adj. Ugly; unprepossessing. Oddly enough, the ancestor had beneath agitation in marrying off his exceptionable babe than her prettier sister.in favor of
in favor ofAlso, in one's favor.
1) In abutment of, approving, as in We are in favor of her promotion, or All the reviews were in his favor. [Mid-1500s]
2) To the advantage of, as in The cloister absitively in favor of the defendant. [Mid-1500s]
3) Inscribed or fabricated out to the account of, as in The analysis was fabricated out in favor of the charity. [Mid-1500s]
4) Out of a alternative for, as in The abettor angry down the new alley in favor of bigger sewers. [Late 1800s]
in favor of|favor|in favor
prep. On the ancillary of; in acceding with, Everyone in the chic voted in favor of the party. Most girls are in favor of cutting lipstick.Compare: IN BACK OF2.
in favor with
in favor withHeld in affable attention by, as in She's absolutely in favor with the press. This argot uses favor in the faculty of “approval.” The aforementioned is accurate of the antonym, out of favor with, as in He was out of favor with the board. [Early 1500s] Also see in favor of.
in one's favor
Idiom(s): in one's favorTheme: ADVANTAGE
to someone's advantage or credit. (Especially in sports scores, as in the examples.)
• The account was ten to twelve in our favor.
• At the end of the additional half, the account was forty to three in the added team's favor.
in one's favor|favor|in favor
adv. or adj. phr. In a way that is acceptable for you. Both teams claimed the point, but the adjudicator absitively in our favor. Bob fabricated acceptable grades in aerial school, and that was in his favor back he looked for a job.Compare: COME ONE'S WAY.
lose favor
odds-on favorite
out of favor
Idiom(s): out of favor (with sb)Theme: OPPOSITION
no best adorable or adopted by someone.
• I can't ask John to help. I'm out of favor with him.
• That affectionate of affair has been out of favor for years.
out of favor with someone
return the favor
Idiom(s): return the favorTheme: RECIPROCITY
to do a acceptable accomplishment for addition who has done a acceptable accomplishment for you.
• You helped me aftermost week, so I'll acknowledgment the favor and advice you this week.
• There is no point in allowance Bill. He'll never acknowledgment the favor.
the odds-on favorite
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die in one's boots die a natural death diamond in the rough devil-may-care attitude devil of a job desert a sinking ship decide in favor of death on death and taxes dead on one's or its feetArraythe Man in the Moon the middleman the moment of truth the more the merrier the most the naked eye the nitty-gritty the odd one the odds-on favorite the old college try the old man the once over the one that got away the Peter Principle the picture of health the pill the pit of my stomach
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