cosying up to
Getting chummy with
Cosying up to someone is cultivating closeness for personal advantage—flattering a boss, befriending someone influential, or positioning yourself near power.
The phrase carries a note of skepticism about motives: She's been cosying up to the new director.
The American spelling is cozying up to.
- flatteringExcessively praising, often insincerely
- befriendingBecoming close to someone
- making friendsCreating social bonds
- office politicsPower dynamics at work
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
affection · ingratiating · appeasing · persuasion · winning over · currying favor · opportunism · buttering up · warmth · quid pro quo · charm · lobbying · sycophancy · complimenting · networking · glad-handing · brown nosing · kissing up
cosying up topushing away
Forcing something back
alienating · shunning · cold-shouldering · rebuffing · spurning
cosying up tostanding up to
Opposing despite intimidation
defying · confronting · challenging · opposing · resisting
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