buddy up
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An attendant at his father’s service station told the San Mateo Times that classmates he hadn’t thought about for years called him at home to buddy up — “Hey, what’s doing, how are things, how about some gas?”
From Los Angeles Times
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
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
But instead of giving Buddy up, we did nothing.
From Los Angeles Times
Nell comes back into the picture and just assumes that I'm going to ditch this friend and buddy up with her.
From Salon
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