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buttering up

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"She's already started buttering up Mantelish," said Trigger.

Gunnar seemed to be buttering up the man for some reason or other so Jack Odin decided to go along.

As soon as she saw the way the cards were falling, she started buttering up to me.

You see I pave the way to my gentle reproof by buttering up vested interests.

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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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