"honey up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: honeys up [present, singular, third-person], honeying up [participle, present], honeyed up [participle, past], honeyed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} honey up (third-person singular simple present honeys up, present participle honeying up, simple past and past participle honeyed up)
  1. (informal, figurative) To make (something) sweet, pleasant or agreeable. Tags: figuratively, informal
    Sense id: en-honey_up-en-verb-nMxxeo9j
  2. (informal, figurative, dated) To cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone). Tags: dated, figuratively, informal
    Sense id: en-honey_up-en-verb-4NdaECRl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
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