cotton up

cotton up to (one)

To pursue preferential treatment from one, often through flattery. Since I'm deciding who gets the promotion, Crystal has been cottoning up to me by buying me coffee all week.

cotton up

To attempt to be friendly to someone or something: The teachers all cottoned up to the new principal.

词组	cotton up
释义	cotton up cotton up to (one) To pursue preferential treatment from one, often through flattery. Since I'm deciding who gets the promotion, Crystal has been cottoning up to me by buying me coffee all week. See also: cotton, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cotton up v. To attempt to be friendly to someone or something: The teachers all cottoned up to the new principal. See also: cotton, up The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: cotton up to cotton up to (one) shine up to shine up to (one) flattery will get you everywhere/nowhere flattery will get you nowhere by any means the chosen few brown nose brownnose
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