chum up
Meaning
- (informal) To be friendly toward (with or to) someone, especially in an ingratiating way; to form a friendship (with).
- (obsolete,slang) To initiate (a new prisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him.
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