Idioms

butter (someone) up or butter up (someone)
to flatter someone
The man is trying to butter up his boss so that he can leave early on Friday.

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  • button one's lip
  • buy (something) for a song
  • buy (something) on credit
  • buy (something) sight unseen
  • buy a pig in a poke
  • buy off (someone) or buy (someone) off
  • buy out (someone or something) or buy (someone or something) out
  • buy up (something) or buy (something) up
  • by a hair
  • by a mile
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  • tell apart (two things or people) or tell (two things or people) apart
  • lie in state
  • sell out (someone or something) or sell (someone or something) out
  • button one's lip
  • show good faith
  • start off on the wrong foot
  • full of hot air
  • get (something) out of (something)
  • on all fours
  • catch (someone) off guard


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