butter up

中上級 (B2) informal

To say very nice things to someone because you want them to do something for you.

"He spent the whole morning buttering up his manager before asking for an extra week of holiday."

関連フレーズ

butter down butter out

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act up add up age up air up alpha up ammo up amp up answer up
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