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Present participle for to submit to the authority of (someone) or comply with (a law)
(
of a proposal
)
Present participle for to agree or consent to
Present participle for to accept or admit the existence or truth of
Present participle for to show respect or deference to, typically in a self-abasing way
Present participle for to regard with great respect or esteem
Present participle for to fit in with the wishes or needs of
Present participle for to pay special attention to (someone) in an attempt to win their support or favor
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to submit to the authority of (someone) or comply with (a law)
acquiescing
submitting
obeying
bowing to
surrendering to
yielding to
giving in to
serving
heeding
submitting to
truckling to
taking orders from
doing what someone says
carrying follow the orders of
doing what you are told by
succumbing to
accepting orders from
giving way to
carrying out the orders of
caving in to
answering to
“I'll
defer to
the wine waiter to bring appropriate bottles at regular intervals.”
Verb
▲
(
of a proposal
)
Present participle for to agree or consent to
accepting
respecting
following
going along with
abiding by
acknowledging
agreeing to
complying with
consenting to
heeding
recognising
UK
recognizing
US
acceding to
adhering to
adopting
assenting to
conforming to
endorsing
honoring
US
honouring
UK
observing
acquiescing in
acquiescing to
agreeing with
approving of
concurring with
cooperating with
embracing
granting
minding
paying heed to
supporting
falling in with
taking heed of
falling in line with
giving in to
sticking by
acting in accordance with
shaking on
going with
fulfilling
obeying
submitting to
keeping to
yielding to
keeping
upholding
sticking to
complying
paying attention to
standing by
satisfying
meeting
toing the line
carrying out
goose-stepping to
bowing to
performing
cooperating
living by
sticking with
agreeing
executing
conforming
holding to
caving in to
doing as told
keeping faith with
knuckling under
playing ball
consenting
acceding
acquiescing
redeeming
completing
implementing
regarding
filling
according with
concurring in
acquiescing with
staying in line
coming around to
fitting in with
acting according to
responding to
knuckling to
playing the game
making good on
acting upon
adjusting to
concurring
noting
allowing
going with the flow
permitting
assenting
discharging
watching
having regard to
conceding to
following through with
taking as a guide
measuring up to
taking as guide
getting through
bearing out
matching
acting on
going through with
showing willingness
answering
living up to
making it through
going by
seeing through
backing
following orders
making good
remaining faithful to
kowtowing to
complying with the rules
playing by the rules
adhering to the rules
observing the rules
abiding by the rules
sticking to the rules
keeping to the rules
playing it by the book
adapting to
conforming with
matching up to
accommodating to
going by the book
acting in accordance with the rules
obeying the rules
doing what one is told
following the rules
going along with the plan
playing along
listening to
approving
okaying
engaging
undertaking
giving allegiance to
bearing in mind
taking to heart
astipulating
comprobating
relenting
sanctioning
warranting
yielding
deferring
holding
playing along with
bowing down to
toing the mark
relenting to
effectuating
throwing in the towel
giving the green light
backing down to
giving the nod
saying yes
surrendering to
giving carte blanche
giving way to
giving the go-ahead
entering into
backing down
coming round
coming round to
giving your blessing
rolling over and play dead
sanctifying
taking notice of
consecrating
effecting
doing as you are told
doing one's bidding
paying regard to
marking
noticing
attending
according
hearing
hearkening
harkening
harking
digging
concentrating on
having regard for
being mindful of
taking note of
behaving according to
carrying through
taking orders
giving in
getting into line
doing as one says
coping with
maintaining
practicing
US
practising
UK
adhering
stickying by
considering
remaining true to
cleaving to
paying attention
believing
subscribing
listening
conceding
giving heed
taking heed
folding
equaling
US
equalling
UK
giving up
saying uncle
making a deal
rolling over
taking note
taking notice
taking into account
taking into consideration
handling
fitting
getting a load of
giving heed to
giving a thought to
picking up
being a good listener
hanging on
doing as one is told by
giving ear to
attending to
accomplishing
brooking
consummating
doing
indulging
appeasing
enforcing
coming up to
gratifying
measuring up
sufficing
tying
actioning
serving
accommodating
affecting
applying
giving way
coming to heel
doing what is expected
playing second fiddle
holding fast
doing one's duty
caving in
getting in line
enduring
suffering
wearing
tolerating
humoring
US
stomaching
humouring
UK
administering
actualizing
actionizing
submitting
withstanding
bringing to completion
putting into practice
carrying off
performing according to
putting into action
putting into operation
doing justice to
pulling off
catering to
putting into effect
checking with
cohering with
harmonizing with
coinciding with
chording with
following through on
following up on
listening up
grinning and bear it
taking it lying down
stooping to
putting up with
lumping it
keeping in step
abiding
floating with the stream
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to accept or admit the existence or truth of
acknowledging
admitting
granting
accepting
allowing
recognising
UK
recognizing
US
conceding
confessing
owning
appreciating
realising
UK
realizing
US
revealing
affirming
agreeing
professing
seeing
yielding
acceding
acquiescing
cognizing
knowing
noting
perceiving
acceding to
acquiescing in
agreeing to
approving of
avowing
being aware of
bowing to
certifying
concurring with
cooperating with
fessing up
attesting to
owning up to
coming clean
letting on
opening up
owning up
taking an oath
taking on board
taking something on board
copping a plea
going along with
coming out of closet
subscribing to
duly noting
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show respect or deference to, typically in a self-abasing way
genuflecting
grovelling
UK
groveling
US
kowtowing
snivelling
UK
sniveling
US
fawning
respecting
toadying
abasing yourself
behaving obsequiously
bowing to
humbling oneself
brown-nosing
showing respect for
licking someone's boots
crawling
truckling
bootlicking
blandishing
creeping
wooing
cowering
courting
pandering
flattering
wheedling
humoring
US
humouring
UK
apple-polishing
buttering up
sucking up
catering to
sucking up to
curry favouring with
ingratiating oneself with
kissing one's feet
soft-soaping
falling all over
curry favoring with
playing up to
cringing
quailing
imploring
revering
pampering
rubbing up the right way
dancing attendance on
demeaning oneself
eating dirt
making up to
eating crow
making much of
brownnosing
prostrating oneself
fawning on
kneeling
fussing
stooping
prostrating
bending
showing deference
giving in
going along with
caving in
pandering to
smoodging to
doing everything for
knuckling under
bowing and scraping
paying homage
toing the mark
cultivating
eating humble pie
toadying to
abasing oneself to
creeping to
demeaning oneself to
truckling to
bowing and scrape to
humiliating yourself
seeking the favour of
ingratiating yourself
trying to get on the good side of
keeping someone sweet
prostrating oneself before
fawning over
sweet-talking
trying to win over
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to regard with great respect or esteem
honouring
UK
honoring
US
respecting
esteeming
valuing
admiring
appreciating
idealising
UK
idealizing
US
adulating
idolising
UK
idolizing
US
prizing
revering
reverencing
worshipping
UK
worshiping
US
adoring
cherishing
glorifying
lionising
UK
lionizing
US
venerating
deifying
exalting
hallowing
heroizing
holding in great respect
holding in high esteem
looking up to
regarding highly
thinking highly of
having a high regard for
holding in high regard
holding in admiration
putting on a pedestal
having a high opinion of
hero-worshipping
loving
treasuring
magnifying
apotheosizing
regarding
enjoying
approving of
thinking much of
paying homage to
setting great store by
holding in esteem
holding in awe
setting store by
paying homage
holding in the highest regard
praising
extolling
lauding
celebrating
acclaiming
aggrandizing
paying tribute to
commending
hailing
applauding
complimenting
elevating
commemorating
recognizing
US
eulogizing
US
sanctifying
saluting
emblazoning
eulogising
UK
recognising
UK
singing the praises of
dignifying
flattering
holding dear
canonizing
US
distinguishing
canonising
UK
ennobling
embracing
blessing
toasting
bigging up
observing
memorializing
US
panegyrizing
building up
memorialising
UK
doting on
solemnizing
US
valuing highly
hymning
cracking up
standing in awe of
thinking the world of
praying to
resounding
subliming
rating highly
brown-nosing
kissing one's feet
solemnising
UK
falling all over
relishing
caring for
speaking highly of
enthroning
immortalizing
US
acknowledging
taking one's hat off to
stroking
fawning over
rating
enshrining
carolling
UK
caroling
US
touting
gushing over
sweet-talking
bowing down to
decorating
bootlicking
immortalising
UK
marking
raving over
offering prayers to
uprearing
erecting
cajoling
singing praises to
approving
brownnosing
buttering up
sucking up to
liking
working over
playing up to
laying it on thick
spreading it on
complimenting excessively
singing paeans to
raving about
making much of
rolling out red carpet
valuing greatly
crying up
appreciating greatly
loving dearly
expressing admiration for
caring very much for
feeling great affection for
placing great value on
beatifying
proclaiming
inveigling
haloing
favouring
UK
favoring
US
cheering
enskying
ballyhooing
pedestalizing
giving thanks to
marveling at
extolling the virtues of
attaching importance to
holding sacred
accrediting
feting
considering
keeping
endorsing
recommending
signalizing
US
remembering
working on
soft-soaping
holding in respect
signalising
UK
giving accolades to
giving credit to
showing appreciation of
speaking well of
bowing down before
doting upon
bigging something up
taking off hat to
handing it to
giving key to city
thinking very highly of
giving glad hand
holding high
lifting up
regarding with awe
singing
publicizing
US
idolatrizing
besainting
celebritizing
transfiguring
going into raptures over
lifting
bowing to
raising
publicising
UK
embosoming
wondering at
thinking a lot of
really liking
dedicating
vaunting
illuminating
mythifying
thanking
placing on a pedestal
crediting
congratulating
felicitating
consecrating
setting much store by
charming
making famous
making into a saint
thinking well of
setting on a pedestal
supporting
nurturing
looking on with favour
expressing approval for
heaping praise on
expressing approval of
divinizing
singing praises
holding in regard
fawning
gushing
dreading
waxing lyrical about
throwing bouquets at
saying nice things about
paying respects
bowing down
worshipping to excess
wanting
encouraging
sanctioning
valorizing
puffing up
smooth-talking
fancying
apprizing
giving bouquet
cracking someone up
singing praises of
having a predilection for
having a proclivity for
having a penchant for
monumentalizing
participating in
taking part in
partaking in
holding
fearing
humoring
US
buttering up to
humouring
UK
wheedling
falling for
going for
loving intensely
taking pleasure in
keeping alive the memory of
soothing
stroking one's ego
overpraising
rubbing the right way
ingratiating oneself with
fawning upon
roosing
boosting
welcoming
rhapsodizing over
praising to the skies
rhapsodizing about
waxing lyrical
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Verb
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Present participle for to fit in with the wishes or needs of
accommodating
helping
aiding
assisting
obliging
indulging
satisfying
serving
favoring
US
favouring
UK
gratifying
pleasing
supporting
abetting
benefiting
benefitting
humoring
US
humouring
UK
pampering
comforting
sustaining
catering for
allowing for
cooperating with
meeting the needs of
meeting the wants of
bowing to
pandering to
submitting to
finding ways to help
fitting in with
giving a leg up to
lending a hand to
lending a helping hand to
yielding to
agreeing with
doing a good turn to
doing someone a favour
doing someone a service
bending over backwards for
doing someone a good turn
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pay special attention to (someone) in an attempt to win their support or favor
courting
ingratiating
cultivating
bootlicking
flattering
grovelling
UK
groveling
US
grovelling to
kowtowing to
making up to
playing up to
soft-soaping
sweet-talking
blandishing
brown-nosing
fawning on
fawning over
ingratiating oneself with
toadying to
truckling to
abasing oneself to
crawling to
creeping to
curry favouring with
dancing attendance on
demeaning oneself to
pandering to
prostrating oneself to
seeking the favour of
trying to win over
bowing and scrape to
buttering up
falling all over
fawning upon
keeping someone sweet
sucking up to
rubbing up the right way
currying favour
curry favoring
curry favoring with
trying to get on the good side of
licking someone's boots
smoodging to
submitting to
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