"chum up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-chum up.ogg [Australia] Forms: chums up [present, singular, third-person], chumming up [participle, present], chummed up [participle, past], chummed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chum up (third-person singular simple present chums up, present participle chumming up, simple past and past participle chummed up)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be friendly toward (with or to) someone, especially in an ingratiating way; to form a friendship (with). Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (be friendly toward someone): 套近乎 (tàojìnhu) (Chinese Mandarin), kaveerata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-chum_up-en-verb-~TrU2sMx Disambiguation of 'be friendly toward someone': 99 1
  2. (obsolete, UK, prison slang, transitive) To initiate (a new prisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Prison Synonyms: make friends
    Sense id: en-chum_up-en-verb-MEqfIcrh Disambiguation of Prison: 4 96 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90

Inflected forms

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