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verb
To make (something) sweet, pleasant or agreeable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, figuratively, informal
Synonyms: butter up, fawn over, honey around, blandander, blandish, cajole, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue, croodle, engle, fleech, honey up, hum, ingle, inveigle, soap, soft-sawder, soft-soap, stroke, sweet-talk, tweedle, twist, wheedle, whilly, word, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, dickride, duchess, fawn, fellate, flannel, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kiss up, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overflatter, overpraise, overrate, suck up, toady
Antonyms: none provided
History
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