cosy up
Britishverb
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to seek to become intimate or to ingratiate oneself (with someone)
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to draw close to (somebody or something) for warmth or for affection; snuggle up
Example Sentences
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In the years since that climbdown, Infantino appears to have been keen to cosy up to Trump.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025
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.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024
The likeliest wrecker of such a policy—because he would cosy up to the North—was Mr Moon.
From Economist • Mar. 15, 2018
Not wanting to lose momentum, Duterte also managed to cosy up to Donald Trump, goad Chelsea Clinton with Monica Lewinsky gags and deploy troops to the South China Sea’s hotly disputed Spratly Islands.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017
Wright said that the site would not be positioned in opposition to celebrities and the showbusiness industry, but added that it would not be seeking to cosy up to celebrities.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2013
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