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endearen‧dear /ɪnˈdɪə $ ɪnˈdɪr/ verb  VERB TABLEendear |
Present | I, you, we, they | endear | | he, she, it | endears | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | endeared | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have endeared | | he, she, it | has endeared | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had endeared | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will endear | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have endeared |
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Present | I | am endearing | | he, she, it | is endearing | | you, we, they | are endearing | Past | I, he, she, it | was endearing | | you, we, they | were endearing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been endearing | | he, she, it | has been endearing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been endearing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be endearing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been endearing |
- His intervention will endear him to Maggie, Lucy believes.
- His tales were simple and sweet and his characters endearing enough to remember with fondness all the way to adulthood.
- However, the reckless, well-bred show of bravado did not exactly endear the utterer to two other boys of like age.
- The expression that spreads through the audience makes this man immediately endearing.
- The new heir apparent soon had an opportunity to endear himself to the Athenians.
to make someone like you► endear yourself to to make someone like you by behaving in a way that pleases them: · "Can I help you Mrs Killigarew'' he said, hoping to endear himself to her by remembering her name.· She was witty and charming and quickly managed to endear herself to her future mother-in-law. ► get on the right side of somebody British informal also get on somebody's good side American informal to do nice things for someone and avoid making them angry, in order to be sure they like you: · He's only sent me flowers because he's trying to get on the right side of me.· Chris doesn't care what he has to say to get on Miller's good side. ► win the hearts of to make a lot of people like you very much, especially by doing something that they admire or approve of: · With the words, "Ich bin ein Berliner,'' J.F. Kennedy won the hearts of millions of Germans.· The slight, nervous-looking young gymnast won the hearts of a whole nation. endear somebody to somebody phrasal verb to make someone popular and likedendear yourself to somebody The emperor saw an opportunity to endear himself to the Athenians. |