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
Willabert-Ancient Germanic
Eliana (2)-Hebrew
Korrinekə-REENEnglish (Rare)
JefferyJEF-reeEnglish
ÅGot-Norwegian
Jane[dʒein]