cotton up to

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 someone

Rur. to try to make friends with someone; to flatter or fawn on someone in hopes of favorable treatment. James set out to cotton up to the parents of his friends. Just watch her cotton up to the teacher!

词组	cotton up to
释义	cotton up to 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 to someone Rur. to try to make friends with someone; to flatter or fawn on someone in hopes of favorable treatment. James set out to cotton up to the parents of his friends. Just watch her cotton up to the teacher! See also: cotton, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: cotton up 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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