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
At the center: six cinnamon rolls that a candidate alleged had been used to butter up voters during the tight mayoral race in October.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
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
Food prices are climbing sharply in Algeria, where shoppers say cooking oil and milk are so scarce that you need to butter up shopkeepers to get any.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
There was no doubt that he was trying to butter up Dad; he even started to laugh like him, a Santa Claus, Jr., with his “Ho, ho, ho.”
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
