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butters up

butters up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butter up.

Meaning of butter up

Verb

butter up (third-person singular simple present butters up, present participle buttering up, simple past and past participle buttered up)

  1. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
    • He takes every opportunity to butter up the boss.

Questions about butters up

What is butters up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Butters up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of butter up.

Words near butters up in the dictionary

  1. butters down
  2. butters one's bread on both sides
  3. butters out
  4. butters someone's biscuit
  5. butters the cony
  6. butters up
  7. butterscotch
  8. butterscotched
  9. butterscotches
  10. butterscotchlike
  11. butterscotchy

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