cosy up to
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[edit]Verb
[edit]cosy up to (third-person singular simple present cosies up to, present participle cosying up to, simple past and past participle cosied up to)
- (transitive) To come physically close to, using body language in an attempt to persuade another (often hesitant) party to snuggle or embrace.
- He forgot the whole argument when she cosied up to him on the couch.
- The kitten cosied up to the gruff old hound, and all resistance disappeared.
- (by extension, transitive) To form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit.
- It is often suggested that politicians are too inclined to cosy up to big business in order to receive funds for election expenses.
- The sales guys might be able to cosy up to the customers, but they are inexperienced in technical support.
- 2005, Lynn Phillips, Watford Under Wood[1], page 123:
- Looks like I'd better cosy up to her and see if I can pump some facts out of her.
- 2024 April 30, Chris Heath, quoting J. K. Rowling, “How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter”, in The Atlantic[2], →ISSN:
- […] further suggesting that Radcliffe and Watson would be safe in the knowledge that Rowling would forgive them, she leaped in: “Not safe, I’m afraid,” she wrote, and characterized them as “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights.”
Translations
[edit]To come physically close to
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To form a relationship with someone or something for the purpose of obtaining some benefit.