fer la cort

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fer la cort (first-person singular present faig la cort, first-person singular preterite fiu la cort, past participle fet la cort)

  1. (intransitive) to pay homage [+ a (object) = to]
  2. (intransitive) to court, to woo [+ a (object)]
    • 2021 February 21, Xavier Aliaga, “Algunes qüestions incòmodes al voltant de Vox”, in El Temps[1]:
      En La gran regressió, Nancy Fraser recordava com els demòcrates, amb Bill Clinton però també amb Barack Obama, havien fet la cort a Wall Street i les seues desregulacions.
      In The Great Regression, Nancy Fraser recalls how the Democrats, under Bill Clinton but also under Barack Obama, have paid court to Wall Street and its deregulations.

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