stroke ego

stroke someone's ego

Fig. to flatter and praise someone. If you have trouble with him, just take a few minutes and stroke his ego. You'll soon have him eating out of your hand.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
EydÍS	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
ĐUraĐ	JOOR-ahj	Serbian, Croatian (Archaic)
Phunihel	-	Biblical Latin
Joseph	JO-səf (English), zho-ZEF (French), YO-zef (German)	English, French, German, Biblical
Adrianus	ah-dree-AH-nus, AH-dree-ah-nus	Dutch
Silvia	['silviə]