Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against).

  2. (figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive)To be in sharp contrast with; to confront.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Get your butt up here.

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  2. Get your butt up. It's time for your shift.

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Forms

butts up, butting up, butted up, butted up
Base formbutt up · to butt up
3rd person singularbutts up
Present participlebutting up
Past simplebutted up
Past participlebutted up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybutt up
he, she, itbutts up

Past simpleLesson

all personsbutted up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave butted up
he, she, ithas butted up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill butt up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbutts up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
butlerbuttbutterA1buttercupbutterflyA1
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