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kowtow /kaʊ'taʊ/

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh Đồng nghĩa

Động từ

quỳ lạy

(nghĩa bóng) quy lụy

be polite, but don't kowtow

[to him] hãy tỏ ra lễ độ, nhưng đừng quy lụy ông ta
verb

-tows; -towed; -towing

[no obj] informal + disapproving :to agree too easily or eagerly to do what someone else wants you to do :to obey someone with power in a way that seems weak - usually + to

She refused to kowtow to their demands.
verb

He kowtows to anyone who he thinks may be of use to him

Often

kowtow to

genuflect (before)

salaam (to)

prostrate oneself (before)

bow (down) (to or before)

pay court to

scrape before

cringe before

fawn (before)

grovel (before)

toady ((up) to)

pander to

truckle ((up) to)

dance attendance on

Colloq butter up

Slang suck up to

play up to

shine up to

Taboo slang US brown-nose