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To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
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He takes every opportunity to butter up the boss.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- hold back
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- run off
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- spell out
- stave in
- tag along
- take to
- talk down
- zero in on
- beat a dead horse
- by hand
- chain reaction
- fat chance
- follow through
- from cover to cover
- from time to time
- get busy
- give in
- go up in smoke
- have other fish to fry
- hit a snag
- in evidence
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- light up
- magic bullet
- move heaven and earth
- no holds barred
- no slouch
- number one
- on its merits
- on one's toes
- on the horn
- one another
- out of one's depth
- pardon my french
- pencil-neck
- raise a stink
- red face test
- red letter day
- ride roughshod over
- run into the ground
- so much as
- soft sawder
- spruce up
- streak of good luck
- sure of oneself
- take a gamble
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- thin-skinned
- turn over a new leaf
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- world
- zig when one should zag
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