cotton up

To attempt to be friendly to someone or something: The teachers all cottoned up to the new principal.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÁSgeir	-	Icelandic
Amariah	am-ə-RIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Raimondas	-	Lithuanian
Abner	AB-nər (English)	English, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Diklah	-	Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Klemen	-	Slovene