buddy up

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]

Example Sentences

They’ve been told to buddy up when taking trips to the latrines because of “alligators and Florida panthers and venomous snakes and different types of creatures.”

From Salon

"You can't have someone who's trying to buddy up with dictators that want to kill us," Ms Haley said on CBS.

From BBC

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

It's no surprise he was so eager to buddy up to Trump, despite his past moralistic posturing against adultery.

From Salon

But instead of giving Buddy up, we did nothing.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accompany 
• join 
• mix