butt up (English, verb)
expansion: butt up (third-person singular simple present butts up, present participle butting up, simple past and past participle butted up)
Senses:
glosses: To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against).
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To be in sharp contrast with; to confront.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
intransitive
Forms:
form: butts up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: butting up
tags: participle
present
form: butted up
tags: participle
past
form: butted up
tags: past