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to cozy up
01
to try to gain someone's favor or friendship by acting friendly or affectionate, often in an insincere way
Intransitive: to cozy up to sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up
Base verb
cozy
Present tense
cozy up
3rd person singular
cozies up
Present participle
cozying up
Past simple
cozied up
Past participle
cozied up
Examples
He tried to cozy up to the manager to get a promotion.
