find favor with



find favor with someone

to win the praise of someone. The maid found favor with the family and was given a large salary increase. Mary found favor with her employer because of her good ideas.
See also: favor, find

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eder (1)-Biblical
Valdas-Lithuanian
JarvisJAHR-visEnglish
Stan (2)-Romanian
Ainhoa-Basque
MaarikaMAH:-ree-kah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian