Translations for „butter up“ in the English » Arabic Dictionary

butter up VB

butter up

جامَلَ

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English

He will be wanting to butter up the drummer to have a go!

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Press the flesh, put on a human face, butter up the shareholders with a few words.

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Those prices rose sharply from 1914, with cattle and butter up 50pc and the doubling of barley prices.

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That explains the flowers and chocolates: use the kids to butter up mum for a bit of...

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He just needs to figure out how to butter up the locals a bit more.

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This is not the way you're supposed to butter up your roommate.

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We've had a couple of others run well that we're looking to butter up into better races in the autumn.

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As a young barrister he had a reputation for refusing to butter up solicitors in the competitive scramble for legal work.

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He used to tell me how to butter up a referee and how to react if a call went against you.

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