grovel in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for grovel in the English»French Dictionary

grovel <pres part etc grovelling, grovelled Am groveling, groveled> [Brit ˈɡrɒv(ə)l, ˈɡrʌv(ə)l, Am ˈɡrɑvəl, ˈɡrəvəl] VB intr

1. grovel (humbly):

grovel fig

ramper (to sb, before sb devant qn)

to grovel at sb's feet

ramper aux pieds de qn

Phrases:

grovel, a. grovel about, grovel around

marcher à quatre pattes

Translations for grovel in the French»English Dictionary

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s'aplatir comme une carpette devant qn

to grovel to sb

ramper fig

to grovel (devant to)

prosterner

to grovel (devant to)

se déculotter sl

to grovel inf

s'aplatir comme une crêpe inf, pej

to grovel (devant qn to sb, at sb's feet)

s'aplatir devant qn

to grovel in front of sb

se mettre à plat ventre devant qn fig

to grovel in front of sb

grovel in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for grovel in the English»French Dictionary

grovel <Brit -ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈgrɒvl, Am ˈgrɑ:vl] VB intr

1. grovel (behave obsequiously):

to grovel before sb

se prosterner devant qn

2. grovel (crawl):

grovel

ramper

to grovel on one's knees

se mettre à genoux

to grovel about in the dirt

se traîner dans la boue

Translations for grovel in the French»English Dictionary

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se prosterner devant qn/qc

to grovel to sb/sth

se traîner [ou ramper] aux pieds de qn

to grovel at sb's feet

grovel Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to grovel before sb

se prosterner devant qn

to grovel on one's knees

se mettre à genoux

to grovel about in the dirt

se traîner dans la boue

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He grovelled to the insurgents as he had done to his parents.

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There will be no mercy for our sugar-coated, honey-dripping, wheedling, grovelling allies!

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Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

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Because if we must grovel at the feet of strangers, just because they're richer, thinner and more famous, better her than the rest of them.

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If he falls down, he is not permitted to rise or be raised, but grovels along upon the ground.

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Did they come groveling back a few months later when everything fell apart without you?

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Many celebrated this public shaming, ecstatic to see a notorious troll grovel.

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The "pro-worker" candidates are never held accountable post-election, since this would require challenging them instead of groveling.

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She never had to grovel for an appointment.

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Reduced to grovelling, he is removed by guards.

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