butter up
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2890·updated Jun 3, 2026verified
to flatter with the intention of getting something
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
Understand72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Variants
- synonym
- brown-nose
- pasttense
- buttered up
- presentparticiple
- buttering up
- thirdpersonsingular
- butters up
- pastparticiple
- buttered up
Framework definitions
- §1
- to flatter with the intention of getting something
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