chummed up
Got real friendly
Chummed up describes having become friendly or established a companionable relationship with someone: She chummed up with the neighbors within a week of moving in.
The phrase often implies a deliberate effort to befriend, sometimes with self-interested motives: He chummed up to the boss hoping for a promotion.
- partneringJoining with another cooperatively
- buddyingJoining as companions
- buddied upFormed a close partnership
- palled aroundSocialized as friends
- chattingInformal verbal exchange
companionship · getting along · bantering · broke the ice · catching up · made friends · rapport · warmth · closeness · camaraderie · befriended · hit it off · fellowship · affinity · joking · kinship · cooperating · empathy