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cozy up

vb. With "to", to ingratiate oneself (with someone).

WordNet
cozy up

v. ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman" [syn: cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up]

Usage examples of "cozy up".

And you dont think Americas going to get between the sheets with Dick Nixon when they can cozy up to Jack, do you?

Neat, quaint, historic drew in the tourists, who would browse in the shops, eat in the restaurants, cozy up in one of the B and B's for a relaxing weekend at the shore.

Durmond Pilverman was sitting on a sofa next to Frannie Vervain, who was so busy trying to cozy up with him that she tumped chop suey in her lap.

And until her small ranch was built down the road a piece, in the opposite direction from Carlos's, all of them had to cozy up in a one-bathroom, four-bedroom dwelling when night fell.

And I don't mind if Rome and Alexius of Byzantium see it as Venice wishing to cozy up to the Holy Roman Empire.

Peabody, cozy up with some of the uniforms, first on-scene was Lewis and her partner.

It was time to see Shadowdale again, cozy up to the oh-so-great Elminster, and learn a few of his secrets at last.

If he bought them drinks or small gifts-a pretty piece of cloth for a scarf, a trinket for their wrist, a shiny pin for their hair-they were more likely to cozy up to him.