Akademik

cotton up

verb

ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior

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She is playing up to the chairman

• Syn: ↑cozy up, ↑shine up, ↑play up, ↑sidle up, ↑suck up

• Hypernyms: ↑ingratiate

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s PP

Useful english dictionary. 2012.