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Significados de cotton up en inglés

Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior.

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        Examples for "cozy up"
        Examples for "cozy up"
        1
        It's not too late to cozy up with those financial records.
        To catch a thief
        2
        Jen is sleeping snug and cozy up there, her mouth in a half-smile.
        The Menstruating Mall
        3
        Ditch the wearable black hole and cozy up to a Cocoon.
        Wired
        4
        He still wasn't happy about her wanting them to cozy up to the media.
        A necessary evil
        5
        Got someone special to cozy up next to? He raises his eyebrows at me.
        Before I fall
        1
        The waves and the coast shine up to them, and they fly between lights.
        The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
        2
        I feel it a duty to shine up their virtues.
        A Son of the Hills
        3
        I wonder that city feller didn't shine up to her.
        Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
        4
        The lights of New Oxford Street shine up ahead.
        The crimson petal and the white
        5
        A bright yellow torch will shine up from underneath her chin like in scary movies.
        News.com.au
        1
        It will often play up precisely when you don't want it to.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The pain in his voice made her play up to her part.
        Purple Springs
        3
        Sometimes, they play up their technology at the expense of the others.
        Wired
        4
        Then play up your strophe so we may hear if you lie.
        Lucky Pehr
        5
        She was ready to play up to whatever cue Bonnie gave her.
        The Witness
        1
        Luscri answers their questions while Moose and Milton sidle up for pats.
        The Guardian
        2
        Ambrosius did not so much trot as sidle up to his master.
        Labyrinth
        3
        As they paw helplessly at their keyboards, sidle up and 'fix' their problem.
        Wired
        4
        Jack began to sidle up the hallway again toward the lobby.
        The talisman
        5
        Then he sidle up close and stuck dat cotton 'tween old Bab's toes.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        1
        I'm not including this just to suck up to you, Tom, honest.
        The Guardian
        2
        But there's no one of any importance left to suck up to!
        Pasta Imperfect
        3
        Next time you suck up your loss like a big girl, eh?
        Smoke and Shadow
        4
        The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
        Wired
        5
        Jetpack Joyrideis an addictive, clever game that will suck up your free time.
        The Irish Times
        Uso de cotton up en inglés
        1
        She stuffed cotton up her nose and took two Tylenol with codeine.
        The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
        2
        It took several men to roll a single bale of cotton up the gangway.
        Wench: a novel
        3
        I can roll the cotton up on wooden toothpicks and peddle them as sterile swabs.
        Catch-22
        4
        Well, I git the drop on him, and then you begin to cotton up to him right away.
        Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
        5
        Owen saw the success of the woolen-mill, and declared that to bring cotton up by steamboat from the South would be easy.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...