"melt someone's butter" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: melts someone's butter [present, singular, third-person], melting someone's butter [participle, present], melted someone's butter [participle, past], melted someone's butter [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} melt someone's butter (third-person singular simple present melts someone's butter, present participle melting someone's butter, simple past and past participle melted someone's butter)
  1. (slang) To appeal to someone's fancy. Tags: slang Synonyms (appeal to someone's fancy): float someone's boat, tickle someone's fancy, turn someone's crank, be someone's cup of tea
    Sense id: en-melt_someone's_butter-en-verb-o4lIkDvi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of "appeal to someone's fancy": 98 2
  2. (slang) To turn someone on; cause feelings of arousal. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-melt_someone's_butter-en-verb-1qJBuyL0

Inflected forms

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