pander to sb/sth
disapproving— phrasal verb with pander uk/ˈpæn.dər/us/ˈpæn.dɚ/verb
to do or provide exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable, reasonable, or approved of, usually in order to get some personal advantage:
It's not good the way she panders to his every whim.
Political leaders almost inevitably pander to big business.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- countenance
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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