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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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

It's that time of year to cosy up and feast your eyes on the luscious literary offerings for the year ahead.

From BBC

Thomas Ruttig, co-Director of the Afghanistan Analysts Network, said there may be no appetite in the West to "cosy up" with the Taliban, which enforced a strict version of sharia when in power from 1996-2001, but "confronting and lecturing" them from the outset will not help vulnerable Afghans.

From Reuters

“For the British prime minister to cosy up to one of the world’s leading climate deniers, and protect President Bolsonaro from international reaction to his destruction of the Amazon rainforest, just beggars belief.”

Turkey cosy up with Hungary in Group B3.

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