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cotton up

/ˈkɑː.tən ʌp/

Tradução: Verbo frasal que significa tentar fazer amizade ou ganhar a confiança de alguém, frequentemente de forma bajuladora ou excessivamente familiar.

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verb

/ˈkɑː.tən ʌp/C2formalamerican
  • ptVerbo frasal que significa tentar fazer amizade ou ganhar a confiança de alguém, frequentemente de forma bajuladora ou excessivamente familiar.

A phrasal verb meaning to try to become friendly or ingratiate oneself with someone, often in a sycophantic or overly familiar manner.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

  1. Befriend or ingratiateinformalamerican

    To try to become friendly with someone, often for personal gain or to gain favor.

    ptBajular

    • He tried to cotton up to the boss to get a promotion.
    • She's always cottoning up to the popular kids at school.
    • They cottoned up to the new neighbors to borrow their tools.

    Sinônimosbrown-nosebutter upcourtcultivatecurry favorfawnsuck uptoady

Formas
  • cottoned up past participle
  • cottoned up past simple
  • cottoning up present participle
  • cottons up third person singular

Verbo basecotton

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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