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cotton up

cotton up

v.
To attempt to be friendly to someone or something: The teachers all cottoned up to the new principal.
See also: cotton, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lieber-Yiddish
Marcellette-French
Jehoshaphatji-HAHSH-ə-fat (English), jee-HAHSH-ə-fat (English)Biblical
Farquhar-Irish, Scottish
Santinosahn-TEE-noItalian
Gona-Kurdish
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