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Definition of butter up
butter up
verb - transitive
- to flatter, especially for future gain.
Citation from "Begin the Begin", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 1 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.
Last edited on Jun 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to take advantage of, cheat, trick': | |
| Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
| Definitions include: a person being used in a relationship sense for money or what they can do for the user. | |
| Definitions include: To mislead or to give (or receive) bad directions. | |
| Definitions include: police. | |
| Definitions include: to exit a previous arrangement, change one's mind, change one's usual behavior, etc. | |
| Definitions include: greatly under the influence of alcohol or drugs. | |
| Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out". | |
| Definitions include: to deceive by underhanded methods. | |
| Definitions include: to deceive using underhanded methods; "dupe"; "hoodwink". | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "bend over here it comes again." | |
| Definitions include: abbreviated form of "rookie". | |
| Definitions include: to duplicate. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to trick a person into doing something that like a good idea but will end in disaster. | |
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| Definitions include: the main source of income for a business. | |
| Definitions include: complete nonsense or something that is not true; bullshit. | |
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| Definitions include: very ugly. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: sweat and other substances that gather near the genitals. | |
| Definitions include: sweat and other substances that gather near the genitals. | |
| Definitions include: to be on the receiving end of anal intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: to not upset those that can help you. | |
| Definitions include: Semen. | |
| Definitions include: semen. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "peanut butter." | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
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| Definitions include: to increase. | |
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| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
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| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
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