lose favor

lose favor (with one)

To no longer be supported, accepted, approved of, or regarded highly by one. John lost favor with his boss ever since he managed to drive away the firm's most lucrative client. Those stupid toys are just a fad—they'll start losing favor sooner or later.
See also: favor, lose
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lose favor

(with someone) Go to fall out of favor (with someone).
See also: favor, lose
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • lose favor (with one)
  • be out of favor (with one)
  • fall out of favor with (one)
  • out of favor
  • out of favor (with one)
  • fall out of favor
  • fall out of favor (with one)
  • fall into disfavor
  • be in (one's) good books
  • prophet is not without honor save in his own country
References in periodicals archive
Analysts see an early election as a done deal, with Netanyahu and ministers trying to pin responsibility for bringing the government down on each other so as not to lose favor with their right-wing voter base.
BDs will experience a big sales impact as high-commission products, such as annuities, lose favor. In addition, consolidation will likely occur as smaller IDBs struggle to comply to the new rule.
As for the current female standouts, they could inadvertently stumble along the way and lose favor with some viewers-so they definitely can't take their unique appeal for granted.
I love football and hate to see it lose favor, but I, too, have become concerned about how it has developed.
"The PHO did lose favor for a time as providers chose to function independently to generate revenue.
The shoes swept the country for decades but began to lose favor due to bad ventilation leading to foot odor, the China Daily reports.
As clinical networks emerge using internet standards, those that link physicians to only one hospital or payer will lose favor quickly.
The Emerging Trends rankings show the speed with which cities can gain or lose favor in the nationwide survey.
Rather than disturb the prince by becoming the agent for bad news, and perhaps lose favor, the courtier elects to withhold information essential to realistic policy decisions.
What Mannix doesn't want to talk about: his opposition to abortion, and other issues that would please social conservatives on the right but lose favor with middle-voting Oregonians.
If an analyst cries "sell,' he's likely to lose favor with the company and be bumped from a favorable position in the string of phone calls.