chum up to

chum up to someone

to try or seem to become friendly with someone. Todd chummed up to Martin. I don't want to have to chum up to anyone I don't want to work with.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hercule	-	French
John	JAHN (English)	English, Biblical
Iosaphat	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Lasse	LAHS-se (Danish, Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Ottmar	-	German
Longina	lawn-GEE-nah (Polish)	Polish, Ancient Roman