butter up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === butter up (third-person singular simple present butters up, present participle buttering up, simple past and past participle buttered up) (transitive, figuratively, informal) To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain. Synonyms: kiss up, suck up, toady; see also Thesaurus:coax, Thesaurus:suck up ==== Translations ==== === References === “Butter up”, in BBC Learning English‎[2], BBC, 23 September 2014 “butter up v.” under “butter v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present