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cosy up

verb

  1. to seek to become intimate or to ingratiate oneself (with someone)

  2. to draw close to (somebody or something) for warmth or for affection; snuggle up

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Both these parties are led by former ANC officials whom Ramaphosa would rather not cosy up to - plus it would make the cabinet even more of a battleground.

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In the years since that climbdown, Infantino appears to have been keen to cosy up to Trump.

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The chief executive of UK music, Tom Kiehl, told the BBC that the government is "on the brink" of offering up the country's music industry "as a sacrificial lamb in its efforts to cosy up to American-based tech giants".

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Last December, Di Sanh Duong, a Vietnam-born ethnic Chinese community leader in Australia, was convicted of planning foreign interference for trying to cosy up to an Australian minister.

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The dead days between Christmas and New Year are often the perfect time to cosy up and indulge in a good book.

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