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butterup (third-person singular simple presentbutters up,present participlebuttering up,simple past and past participlebuttered up)

  1. (transitive, figuratively, informal) Toflatter, especially with the intent of personalgain.
    Synonyms:kiss up,suck up,toady;see alsoThesaurus:coax,Thesaurus:suck up
    He takes every opportunity tobutter up the boss.
    • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary,Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jimmie (Quentin Tarantino):
      I'm not a cobb of corn, so you can stopbutterin' meup. I don't need you to tell me how good my coffee is.
    • 2004,Wes Anderson,Noah Baumbach,The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, spoken by Steve Zissou (Bill Murray):
      Do you mind if Ibutter youup a little before I answer that question?
    • 2013 September 6, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      Joe Hart finished the night without a single grass stain on his kit and it was just a surprise the team did notbutter up their goal difference even more onceWelbeck had clipped inLambert's through-ball five minutes into the second half.

Translations

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to flatter—see alsosugarcoat

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