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
Anselmi	AHN-sel-mee	Finnish
Driscoll	DRIS-kəl	English (Rare), Irish
Alexandrina	al-əg-zan-DREE-nə (English)	Portuguese, English (Rare)
Christ	KRIEST	Theology
Naz	-	Turkish
Laleh	-	Persian