"fish for compliments" meaning in Englisch

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Verb

Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present fish for compliments, he fishes for compliments, she fishes for compliments, it fishes for compliments, simple past fished for compliments, present participle fishing for compliments, past participle fished for compliments
Etymology: [1] von dem Verb to fish ^(→ en) for in der Bedeutung: Kunstfertigkeit oder einen Trick einsetzen, um etwas zu erlangen; jdm. eine Meinung entlocken
  1. jemanden dazu verleiten, veranlassen, bringen einem ein Kompliment zu machen (leicht negativ konnotiert)
    Sense id: de-fish_for_compliments-en-verb-WJMxl-JJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: Komplimenten (Deutsch), fischen (Deutsch), Komplimenten (Deutsch), haschen (Deutsch), gå med håven (Schwedisch)
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