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buttering up
noun as in compliment
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"She's already started buttering up Mantelish," said Trigger.
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Gunnar seemed to be buttering up the man for some reason or other so Jack Odin decided to go along.
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As soon as she saw the way the cards were falling, she started buttering up to me.
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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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