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to butter up
[phrase form: butter]
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to compliment someone to gain something in return
butter up
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Example
The employee was always buttering up the manager to get favorable assignments.
The salesman was skilled at buttering up customers to make more sales.
Instead of buttering up the professor, focus on studying for the exam.
He tried buttering up his friend with compliments to borrow his car.
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