Cotton Up (Verb)
Meaning
Ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman".
Classification
Verbs of feeling.
Examples
- He is always trying to cotton up to the boss with his constant flattery and praise.
- She thinks that cottoning up to her coworkers will help her get a promotion.
- He began to cotton up to the influential investor in hopes of securing more funding.
- The politician spent the entire event trying to cotton up to the local business owners.
- After being passed over for the last promotion, she has started to cotton up to her new manager.