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butter up

verbid 2890·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to flatter with the intention of getting something

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Cognitive

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

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to flatter with the intention of getting something

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