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Phrase(s): in favor (of someone or something)
approving, supporting, or endorsing someone or something. • Are you in favor of lower taxes? • Of course, I’m in favor., Phrase(s): in someone’s favor
1. to someone’s advantage or credit. (Especially in sports scores, as in the examples.) • The score was ten to twelve in our favor. • At the end of the second half, the score was forty to three in the other team’s favor. 2. *in someone’s favor liked by someone; approved of by someone. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) • John might be able to help me. I hope I’m currently in his favor. • My mother is mad at me. I’m certainly not in her favor. • I’ll try to get into her favor.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs