Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior.
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Examples for "cotton up "
Examples for "cotton up "
1 She stuffed cotton up her nose and took two Tylenol with codeine.
2 It took several men to roll a single bale of cotton up the gangway.
3 I can roll the cotton up on wooden toothpicks and peddle them as sterile swabs.
4 Well, I git the drop on him, and then you begin to cotton up to him right away.
5 Owen saw the success of the woolen-mill, and declared that to bring cotton up by steamboat from the South would be easy.
1 The waves and the coast shine up to them, and they fly between lights.
2 I feel it a duty to shine up their virtues.
3 I wonder that city feller didn't shine up to her.
4 The lights of New Oxford Street shine up ahead.
5 A bright yellow torch will shine up from underneath her chin like in scary movies.
1 It will often play up precisely when you don't want it to.
2 The pain in his voice made her play up to her part.
3 Sometimes, they play up their technology at the expense of the others.
4 Then play up your strophe so we may hear if you lie.
5 She was ready to play up to whatever cue Bonnie gave her.
1 Luscri answers their questions while Moose and Milton sidle up for pats.
2 Ambrosius did not so much trot as sidle up to his master.
3 As they paw helplessly at their keyboards, sidle up and 'fix' their problem.
4 Jack began to sidle up the hallway again toward the lobby.
5 Then he sidle up close and stuck dat cotton 'tween old Bab's toes.
1 I'm not including this just to suck up to you, Tom, honest.
2 But there's no one of any importance left to suck up to!
3 Next time you suck up your loss like a big girl, eh?
4 The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
5 Jetpack Joyrideis an addictive, clever game that will suck up your free time.
1 It's not too late to cozy up with those financial records.
2 Jen is sleeping snug and cozy up there, her mouth in a half-smile.
3 Ditch the wearable black hole and cozy up to a Cocoon.
4 He still wasn't happy about her wanting them to cozy up to the media.
5 Got someone special to cozy up next to? He raises his eyebrows at me.
6 Tried to cozy up to a gang of skinheads, thinkin' they'd protect him inside.
7 He slides an arm around my waist, signaling me to cozy up to him.
8 They were obviously a new couple, trying to cozy up together as much as possible.
9 She's tried to cozy up to me, but I've never trusted her overtures of friendship.
10 It's really very cozy up here, isn't it?
11 Or cozy up in a cafe and people-watch.
12 DON'T expect Christopher Nolan to cozy up with Netflix for an original feature film any time soon.
13 So she wants to cozy up to those runny sores on the rump of humanity, let her.
14 You've been trying to cozy up to him from the start. He turned accusing eyes on Seregil.
15 J. T. thought Venkatesh was crazy, literally- auniversitystudent wanting to cozy up to a crack gang?
16 Nearly 45 percent of singles are looking to do one thing: cozy up with someone this holiday season.
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