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Butter up   /bˈətər əp/   Listen
Butter up

verb
1.
Flatter with the intention of getting something.  Synonym: brown-nose.





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"Butter up" Quotes from Famous Books



... milk up in my bucket, I'se got butter up in my bowl; But I hain't got no Sweetheart Fer ...
— Negro Folk Rhymes - Wise and Otherwise: With a Study • Thomas W. Talley
... Whisht! Is it the time for loose talk, with the wind rising, rising, and the rain falling, falling, and the price of butter up another ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 4th, 1920 • Various
... then, and I'll show you; it's time you did. I reckon you'll feel better when you've something to do, and you shall have plenty. There, put them in that cupboard, and set the butter up here, and put the bread in this box, do you see? now don't let me have to show ...
— The Wide, Wide World • Elizabeth Wetherell


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