'V to n' - Construction 16
| Name: | the grovel to someone construction |
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| Description: | A person demonstrates inferiority towards someone or something. |
| Verbs: | bend, bow, capitulate, defer, denuflect, grovel, kowtow, pander, submit, succumb, surrender, toady, yield, bow down, cave in, give in, knuckle under, sell out, suck up |
| Example: | I don't need to grovel to others... (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | responsive 'to'; attitude |
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