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verb (used without object)
3.
to be a companion; be friendly or on intimate terms.
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Buddy up
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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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Slang Dictionary
buddy up (with (so)) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
buddy up
Be very friendly, as in He is always wanting to buddy up with me, but I don't really like him. [Slang; early 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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