cotton to
to become friendly with
to approve of
Words Nearby cotton to
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How to use cotton to in a sentence
I bought 30 yards of brown cotton to-day, at $2.50 per yard, from a man who had just returned from North Carolina.
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Cultural definitions for cotton to
To take a liking to someone or something: “I was afraid Janet wouldn't like my brother, but she cottoned to him immediately.”
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cotton to
Take a liking to, get along with, as in This dog doesn't cotton to strangers. Although this verbal phrase comes from the noun for the fabric, the semantic connection between these parts of speech is unclear. [Early 1800s]
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