TO BUTTER SOMEONE UP

Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope that you had an excellent weekend!

This week we are going to continue with the series of Daily Vitamins about interesting expressions. So far we have spoken about...
⇒ To bite the bullet
⇒ To break the ice 

Today's interesting expression is: To butter someone up

Meaning: to flatter or praise someone or try to please someone, so that the person will do what you want them to do.

Sentence 1: They tried to butter me up in order to get information from me. But I knew what they were doing, so I didn't give them the information. 

Sentence 2: Ask Jack if he can cover for you tomorrow when you are at the doctor. In order to convince him, you may have to butter him up a bit first.

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