cosy up

verb

1. to seek to become intimate or to ingratiate oneself (with someone)

2. to draw close to (somebody or something) for warmth or for affection; snuggle up

Example Sentences

He said: "There can be no excuses for trying to cosy up to his increasingly fascist political agenda."

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Both these parties are led by former ANC officials whom Ramaphosa would rather not cosy up to - plus it would make the cabinet even more of a battleground.

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In the years since that climbdown, Infantino appears to have been keen to cosy up to Trump.

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The chief executive of UK music, Tom Kiehl, told the BBC that the government is "on the brink" of offering up the country's music industry "as a sacrificial lamb in its efforts to cosy up to American-based tech giants".

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Last December, Di Sanh Duong, a Vietnam-born ethnic Chinese community leader in Australia, was convicted of planning foreign interference for trying to cosy up to an Australian minister.

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