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11fish for — Synonyms and related words: address, angle for, ask for, beat about for, bid for, canvass, court, delve for, dig for, follow, go gunning for, gun for, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, look, look for, look up, pop the question, prowl after, pursue, quest …
12fish for — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hint at, elicit, try to evoke; see angle for …
13fish for — try to get or to find out (something) by hinting at it She is always fishing for compliments when I see her at work …
14fish for — Angle for, try to get (by artifice), hint at indirectly …
15fish for stamps — fishing long enough to be eligible for unemployment insurance (Newfoundland) …
16fish for compliments — verb To try to induce someone to make a compliment. He is fishing for compliments …
17fish\ for\ a\ compliment — v, phr. To try to make someone pay a compliment. When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment …
18fish for compliments — seek praise, search for flattery or admiration …
19fish for a compliment — hint that he wants a compliment If Al mentions cars, he s fishing for a compliment on his Jaguar …
20fish for compliments — to try to make someone praise you, often by criticizing yourself to them. Emma, you know you don t look fat in that dress. Are you fishing for compliments? (usually in continuous tenses) …