cozy up

1. Try to get on friendly or intimate terms, ingratiate oneself. For example, That new woman is always cozying up to one or another club member so she'll be asked to join. [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

And it includes Mr. Lecornu’s decision to cozy up to the left, which is likely to cost far more than Mr. Macron’s pension reform before they’re done.

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Her generation was inculcated to cozy up to men in power and treat younger women like competition or pets; she keeps her conscience as compartmentalized as a box of fishing tackle.

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That constant instability is because American politics are seemingly no longer about actual policy, they’re about who can cozy up to Trump by doing his bidding most dotingly.

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They were written to cozy up to Trump and demonstrate Patel's loyalty by literally portraying Trump as a king.

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But it is built on a questionable premise: That business leaders, in their hearts, are smart enough to loathe Trump, yet are setting aside their reservations to cozy up to the possible next president.

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