- pander to someone
- pander to (someone)
to give someone what they want, although it may not be good or right for them.
TV stations pander to viewers who don't seem to get enough of sex and violence.
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pander to someone
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pander to — (someone) to give someone what they want, although it may not be good or right for them. TV stations pander to viewers who don t seem to get enough of sex and violence … New idioms dictionary
pander to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pander to : present tense I/you/we/they pander to he/she/it panders to present participle pandering to past tense pandered to past participle pandered to showing disapproval pander to someone/something to do… … English dictionary
pander — pan|der [ pændər ] verb pander to phrasal verb transitive pander to someone/something to do or say what someone wants in order to please them, even though you know it is not right: The government was accused of pandering to racial prejudice … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pander — [[t]pæ̱ndə(r)[/t]] panders, pandering, pandered VERB (disapproval) If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. [V to n] He said the government had pandered to the… … English dictionary
pander — pan·der 1 / pan dər/ vt: to sell or distribute by pandering had no protected right to pander prurient materials Dunigan Enterprises v. DA for the Northern District, 415 N.E.2d 251 (1981) vi: to engage in pandering counts included...conspiracy to… … Law dictionary
pander — pan|der [ˈpændə US ər] v pander to [pander to sb/sth] phr v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: pander someone who finds lovers for others (14 20 centuries), from Pandarus man in an ancient Greek story who acted as a messenger between lovers] to give… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pander — This word should properly be ‘Pandar’, since it derives from the name ‘Pandarus’. This was the name given by Boccaccio and Chaucer to the man who acted as gobetween for Troilus and Criseyde, though by the time Shakespeare came to write his… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
pander — /ˈpændə / (say panduh) noun Also, panderer. 1. Obsolete a go between in intrigues of love. 2. a procurer; pimp. 3. someone who ministers to the weaknesses or baser passions of others. –verb (t) 4. to act as a pander for. –verb (i) 5. to act as a… …
pander to — INDULGE, gratify, satisfy, cater to, give in to, accommodate, comply with. → pander * * * ˈpander to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pander to he/she/it panders to present participle pandering to … Useful english dictionary
pander — I. intransitive verb (pandered; pandering) Date: 1523 to act as a pander; especially to provide gratification for others desires < films that pander to the basest emotions > • panderer noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English … New Collegiate Dictionary
