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- verb Present participle of
butter .
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Examples
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This kind of buttering-up may seem too obvious to be effective, as when Bill and Hillary Clinton started their "charm offensive" last summer by inviting White House reporters to dinner at the White House.
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This kind of buttering-up may seem too obvious to be effective, as when Bill and Hillary Clinton started their "charm offensive" last summer by inviting White House reporters to dinner at the White House.
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Whether it’s called buttering up the boss, brown-nosing, sucking up or managing up, experts say ingratiating behavior is bound to be on the rise in the workplace as workers fret about keeping their jobs in tough economic times.
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"There's a big car race I want to watch tomorrow, so I'm kind of buttering her up with a cake," he said.
www.appeal-democrat.com - News : By Ashley Gebb/Appeal-Democrat 2010
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With the multitouch user interface, players can select up to 11 zombies at a time, targeted for 'buttering' by the powerful cob cannons.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Josh Lowensohn 2010
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It also includes four all-new achievements (for a total of 17) and 18 mini-games, including Buttered Popcorn - exclusive to the iPad - offering frantic and fun gameplay where players attack zombies by first "buttering" them up before firing corn-cob cannons at them.
The Tanooki Holly Green 2010
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With the multitouch user interface, players can select up to 11 zombies at a time, targeted for 'buttering' by the powerful cob cannons.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Josh Lowensohn 2010
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Players attack zombies by first "buttering" them up before firing corn-cob cannons at them.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Josh Lowensohn 2010
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Players attack zombies by first "buttering" them up before firing corn-cob cannons at them.
The Download Blog: Software tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors Josh Lowensohn 2010
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I thought the idea of buttering up Dovey would be too galling for you and that you’d give up.
Breathless Laura Lee Guhrke 1999
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