Butter up
Butter up verb - To praise too much.
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Synonyms for Butter up
Humble yourself and butter up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Humble yourself" instead a verb "Butter up".
Humble yourself
Butter up and humble yourself are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Butter up" instead a verb "Humble yourself".
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Related pairs
- court and butter up
- court and humble yourself
- blandish and butter up
- blandish and humble yourself
- toady and butter up
- toady and humble yourself
- flatter and butter up
- flatter and humble yourself
- kowtow and butter up
- kowtow and humble yourself
- creep and butter up
- creep and humble yourself
- grovel and butter up
- grovel and humble yourself
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Humble yourself and Butter up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butter_up/humble_yourself
Butter up & Humble yourself. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/butter_up/humble_yourself>.
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