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buddies up

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bud⋅dy

  [buhd-ee] noun, plural -dies, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing. Informal.
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–noun
1. comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
2. bud 2 .
–verb (used without object)
3. to be a companion; be friendly or on intimate terms.
—Verb phrases
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.
Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; perh. reduced form of brother
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