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verb (used without object)
3.
to be a companion; be friendly or on intimate terms.
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Buddied
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
4.
buddy up,
a.
to become friendly; be on friendly or intimate terms.
b.
to work closely together: to buddy up with a student from another high school.
5.
buddy up to, to become friendly with or curry the favor of: He was buddying up to the political bosses.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
buddy
1850, Amer.Eng., possibly an alteration of brother, or from British colloquial butty "companion" (1802), itself perhaps a variant of booty in booty fellow "confederate who shares plunder" (1520s). But butty, meaning "work-mate," also was a localized dialect word in England and Wales, attested since 18c.,
EXPANDand long associated with coal miners. Short form bud is attested from 1851.
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