"butt up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: butts up [present, singular, third-person], butting up [participle, present], butted up [participle, past], butted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} butt up (third-person singular simple present butts up, present participle butting up, simple past and past participle butted up)
  1. (idiomatic) To touch closely, to scrape (against) Tags: idiomatic Related terms: butts up
    Sense id: en-butt_up-en-verb-EerKm4LX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up"

Inflected forms

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