"butt up" meaning in English

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      "form": "butts up",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "butting up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butted up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "butted up",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Tonight’s sumptuous two-hour gig butts up hard against the curfew. Minutes often go by during which Murphy dispenses entirely with the business of singing pop songs. She’ll vogue, or reanimate some acid house moves, letting the beat take over.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against)."
      ],
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          "touch"
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          "scrape",
          "scrape"
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        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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          "ref": "2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue:",
          "text": "At their zenith—arguably their infamous two-consecutive-night Knebworth gigs in 1996—Oasis embodied a very particular swaggering Manchester-ness, an unmatched scally confidence that butted up against a more constructed, dare I say pretentious, British music scene.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To be in sharp contrast with; to confront."
      ],
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          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ],
        [
          "contrast",
          "contrast"
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        [
          "confront",
          "confront"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, figurative) To be in sharp contrast with; to confront."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
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  "word": "butt up"
}

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      "form": "butts up",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "butting up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butted up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butted up",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Tonight’s sumptuous two-hour gig butts up hard against the curfew. Minutes often go by during which Murphy dispenses entirely with the business of singing pop songs. She’ll vogue, or reanimate some acid house moves, letting the beat take over.",
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      ],
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        "To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against)."
      ],
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          "scrape",
          "scrape"
        ],
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          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "firmly",
          "firmly"
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      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against)."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "text": "At their zenith—arguably their infamous two-consecutive-night Knebworth gigs in 1996—Oasis embodied a very particular swaggering Manchester-ness, an unmatched scally confidence that butted up against a more constructed, dare I say pretentious, British music scene.",
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      ],
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        "To be in sharp contrast with; to confront."
      ],
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          "sharp",
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        ],
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          "contrast",
          "contrast"
        ],
        [
          "confront",
          "confront"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic, figurative) To be in sharp contrast with; to confront."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
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    }
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  "word": "butt up"
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