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butter up

verb

tr, adverb to flatter

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Idioms and Phrases

Excessively praise or flatter someone, usually to gain a favor. For example, If you butter up Dad, he'll let you borrow the car . This term transfers the oily, unctuous quality of butter to lavish praise. [c. 1700]

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Example Sentences

Ye see she's dependent on Jeames, so she has to butter up at 'im.

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Thereput them in that cupboard, and set the butter up here, and put the bread in this box, do you see?

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I say so myself; and butter up my vanity with all the stimulating compliments I can think of.

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He says it when he wants to let himself go and simply butter up a thing.

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You may draw the butter up out of the well, presently, when breakfast is quite ready.

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