butter up

Etymology: [ 'b&-t&r ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous cow + tyros cheese; akin to Avestan tuiri- curds; more at COW.

Synonyms: adulate, bootlick, brownnose, build up, cajole, flatter, inveigle, lay it on thick, massage, play up to, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, work on

English - Turkish translation for "butter up"

• butter up: yağ çekmek fiil
• butter up: yağcılık yapmak Argo
• butter up: yağcılık yap
• butter up: yaltaklanmak Konuşma Dili
• butter up: yağ yapmak Konuşma Dili
• butter up: yalakalanmak Konuşma Dili
• butter up: pohpohlamak
• butter up: -e yağ çekmek, -i yağlamak, -e dalkavukluk etmek konuşma dili
• butter up: dalkavukluk etmek
• butter up: yalakalık etmek Konuşma Dili
• butter up: yalakalık yapmak Konuşma Dili
• butter somebody up: Birini birşeyi yapmaya kandırmak için yağ çekmek deyim
• butter someone up: tereyağı birini
• butter sb up: yag çekmek, yaglamak mec
• butter someone up: birine yağ çekmek deyim

English - English translation for "butter up"

• butter up: To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain - "He takes every opportunity to butter up the boss."
• butter up: flatter with the intention of getting something
• butter up: If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them. The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market I tried buttering her up. `I've always admired people with these sorts of talents.'
• butter up: suck up, adulate someone in order to gain favor or advantage by behaving obsequiously fiil
• butter somebody up: Say nice things to someone so that they will do what you want - "Don’t think you can butter me up that easily."