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
Phillida	FIL-i-də	English (Rare)
Bede	BEED (English)	History
Kazimieras	-	Lithuanian
Najib	-	Arabic
BÉRenger	-	French
Maurene	maw-REEN, MAWR-een	English (Rare)