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grovel
/ˈgrɒvəl/ verb [I] (present participle UK grovelling, past tense and past participle grovelled, present participle US groveling, past tense and past participle groveled)Translation
TRY › to try very hard to be nice to someone important so that they will be nice to you or forgive you
aşırı derecede iyi davranıp kendini affettirmeye çalışmak
She grovelled to the producer to get that part.1046MOVE › to move around on your hands and knees
elleri ve dizleri üzerinde sürünmek; (askerlik) yüksek sürünmek
He was grovelling around on the floor.2065(Definition of grovel verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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