cotton up

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Verb cotton up has 1 sense

cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up - ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
--₁ is one way to ingratiate
Sample sentence:
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cotton up

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense:

1. (informal) To try to gain favor or approval from someone through flattery or excessive attention.

2. (informal) To ingratiate oneself to someone in order to get something in return.

Usage:

1. She always cottons up to her boss by praising his ideas during meetings.

2. He tried to cotton up to the committee members in order to secure their support for his project.

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