To curry favour with someone means to try to make them like you, but in this sentence he did nothing to make them like him
Given the statement "He went to no lengths and did nothing to make himself liked by his superiors and the most sadistic cliques were hard pressed to match his exploits.", is the statement "He went to any length to curry favour with his superiors and the most sadistic cliques were hard pressed to match his exploits." is true?
- Yes
- No
- I don't know