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buddy up

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  1. Be very friendly, as in He is always wanting to buddy up with me, but I don't really like him. [Slang; early 1900s]


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There are a number of caramelized onion jams out there that buddy up nicely to everything on a graze board: Try the ones from Divina, Williams-Sonoma and Jammy Yummy.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Now, a source is telling People magazine that Kardashian was none too pleased with Disick covertly attempting to buddy up with Bendjima at her expense – and she plans to confront him on it.

From Fox News • Sep. 1, 2021

While French President Emmanuel Macron has at times tried to buddy up to him, Merkel has taken a businesslike approach.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2018

I don't, however, buddy up, because if you asked me to name two things I loathe, I'd say: talking while running and trying to match someone else's pace.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2018

He wasn’t easy to buddy up to, but sometimes Joe sat with him in the cafeteria.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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