butter up
Example Sentences
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These packages, which often run into thousands of dollars, attract many celebrities and corporate buyers who see the Games as a chance to butter up clients or reward top performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
To get ahead, you can make the marinara base and roasted garlic butter up to a couple days before.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2022
The company’s prepaid Connect plans launched in 2020 and were part of T-Mobile’s efforts to butter up regulators to allow its massive merger with Sprint to go through.
From The Verge ● Mar. 21, 2022
Arabella Kushner after dinner entertainment : It was then Mr Trump's turn to butter up his hosts by screening a video of his granddaughter Arabella singing in Mandarin during the banquet.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2017
Trujillo had announced we were going to have a free country—just like the Yanquis he was trying to butter up.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
