ingratiate oneself into

ingratiate oneself into something

to work hard to bring oneself into the favor of someone. Oh, how he fawns over the guests! Isn't it terrible the way he tries to ingratiate himself into their favor? You will never succeed in ingratiating yourself into my good graces.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Floris	FLO-ris	Dutch
Hannes	HAH-nes (German), HAHN-nes (Swedish, Finnish), HAHN-nəs (Dutch)	German, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish
ÉLodie	e-lo-DEE	French
Kaylee	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Zaal	-	Georgian
Reena	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi