butter up

verb

Definition of butter upnext
as in to belaud
to praise too much a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

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“Butter up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter%20up. Accessed 1 Apr. 2023.

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