honey up

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honey up

verb honeys up · honeying up · honeyed up

figuratively, informal To make (something) sweet, pleasant or agreeable. She honeyed up her voice.
dated, figuratively, informal To cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone). He honeys up his boss.
Similar: butter up, fawn over, honey around, blandander, blandish, cajole, sweeten, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue

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@misc{honey_up_2026,
  title = {honey up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/honey%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}