butt up

bʌt ʌp

Definition of butt up - Reverso English Dictionary

Phrasal verb

intr.

proximity

to be adjacent or next to something

Their property butts up to the park.

abut

adjoin

border

construction

align closely or fit snugly together

The puzzle pieces butt up perfectly.

align

fit together

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Expressions with butt up

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butt up against

touch or lean on something

The fence butts up against the side of the house.

Expressions with butt

butt call

accidental phone call from a pocket

I got a butt call from him during the meeting.

butt dial

accidental call made from a pocketed phone

I received a butt dial from him yesterday.

butt heads

disagree strongly or argue

They often butt heads over politics.

butt in

interrupt a conversation without being invited

He tends to butt in when others are talking.

kick butt and take names

act with great energy and dominate others

She came to the meeting to kick butt and take names.

work one's butt off

work very hard for a goal

She worked her butt off to finish the project on time.

Examples of butt up in a sentence

Our garden butts up to the neighbor's driveway.
The tiles butt up against each other seamlessly.
The two boards butt up to form a smooth surface.

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French:jouxter, s'ajuster, ...
German:angrenzen, passen, ...
Italian:essere adiacente, incastrare, ...
Spanish:colindar, encajar, ...
Portuguese:confinar, encaixar, ...
Chinese:毗邻, 贴合, ...
Japanese:隣接する, ぴったりと合わせる, ...
Arabic:لاصَقَ, طَبَّقَ, ...
Hebrew:לִגְבֹּל, לְהֵיצָמֵד זֶה לָזֶה, ...
Russian:примыкать, плотно прилегать, ...
Ukrainian:примикати, щільно прилягати, ...
Hindi:सटा होना, सटा देना, ...
Bengali:সংলগ্ন হওয়া, মিলানো, ...
Catalan:estar adjacent, encaixar, ...
Czech:sousedit s, doléhat, ...
Danish:være ved siden af, passe sammen, ...
Dutch:grenzen aan, aansluiten, ...
Greek:γειτνιάζω, ταιριάζω, ...
Hungarian:határos valamivel lenni, illeszkedni, ...
Khmer:ជាប់នឹង, ផ្គុំជាប់គ្នា, ...
Korean:인접하다, 밀착하다, ...
Persian:مجاور بودن, کنار هم قرار گرفت, ...
Polish:sąsiadować, dopasować, ...
Portuguese (BR):confinar, encaixar, ...
Romanian:a se învecina, a potrivi, ...
Swedish:gränsa till, passa ihop, ...
Thai:ติดกับ, ประกบ, ...
Turkish:bitişik olmak, birleşmek, ...
Vietnamese:kế bên, khít, ...

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