butter up

Example Sentences

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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

The dinner service for the banquet dates back to George IV - and the motives, buttering up visiting dignitaries, are even older.

From BBC

Just in case, he buttered up the locals like a Parker House roll.

From Seattle Times

To get ahead, you can make the marinara base and roasted garlic butter up to a couple days before.

From Seattle Times

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