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butter up

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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to flatter with the intention of getting something

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Classifications

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Variants

5 surface forms

synonym: brown-nose
pasttense: buttered up
presentparticiple: buttering up
thirdpersonsingular: butters up
pastparticiple: buttered up

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