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To ask for favours and be in someone's debt.
Koreans look to their politicians for favours rather than ideas.
It's not about you asking for favours from someone else – it's about creating mutually beneficial relationships.
Friends, family and even clients can all ask for favours once in a while.
"We have not come to The Hague to ask for favours or for special treatment.
They can't pull their headquarters but they occasionally have to ask legislators for favours.
He wasn't looking for favours however, hard work, not luck would decide the race he said.
People felt responsible for me; some even owed me for favours done while sober.
You can hurry along public and professional concerns, exploiting your network for favours.
Mr Abramoff famously took lawmakers on a golfing trip to Scotland in exchange for favours.
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Some in the party had begun to think it might regain the overall majority it lost at the height of the Recruit (shares-for-favours) scandal in 1989.
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