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butter up

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Ye see she's dependent on Jeames, so she has to butter up at 'im.

Thereput them in that cupboard, and set the butter up here, and put the bread in this box, do you see?

I say so myself; and butter up my vanity with all the stimulating compliments I can think of.

He says it when he wants to let himself go and simply butter up a thing.

You may draw the butter up out of the well, presently, when breakfast is quite ready.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to butter up, such as: adulate, bootlick, brown-nose, build up, cajole, and flatter.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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