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past tense of patronize
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1
to assume or treat with an air of superiority
- a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors
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2
to promote the interests or cause of
- a company that loyally patronizes the arts
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- advocated,
- backed,
- championed,
- endorsed
- (also indorsed),
- plumped (for),
- plunked (for)
- or plonked (for),
- supported
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