"cosy up to" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cosies up to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cosying up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cosied up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cosied up to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cosy up to (third-person singular simple present cosies up to, present participle cosying up to, simple past and past participle cosied up to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"to\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
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          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He forgot the whole argument when she cosied up to him on the couch.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The kitten cosied up to the gruff old hound, and all resistance disappeared.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come physically close to, using body language in an attempt to persuade another (often hesitant) party to snuggle or embrace."
      ],
      "id": "en-cosy_up_to-en-verb-fr0mx5r6",
      "links": [
        [
          "body language",
          "body language"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "word": "kiss up to"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "word": "toady up to"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To come physically close to",
          "word": "smyga sig intill"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To come physically close to",
          "word": "krypa intill"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is often suggested that politicians are too inclined to cosy up to big business in order to receive funds for election expenses.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sales guys might be able to cosy up to the customers, but they are inexperienced in technical support.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Lynn Phillips, Watford Under Wood, page 123",
          "text": "Looks like I'd better cosy up to her and see if I can pump some facts out of her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 30, Chris Heath, quoting J. K. Rowling, “How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN",
          "text": "[…]further suggesting that Radcliffe and Watson would be safe in the knowledge that Rowling would forgive them, she leaped in: “Not safe, I’m afraid,” she wrote, and characterized them as “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit."
      ],
      "id": "en-cosy_up_to-en-verb-mUfUmpTf",
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "obtaining",
          "obtaining"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cosy up to"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"to\"",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cosies up to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cosying up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cosied up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cosied up to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cosy up to (third-person singular simple present cosies up to, present participle cosying up to, simple past and past participle cosied up to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kiss up to"
    },
    {
      "word": "toady up to"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He forgot the whole argument when she cosied up to him on the couch.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The kitten cosied up to the gruff old hound, and all resistance disappeared.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come physically close to, using body language in an attempt to persuade another (often hesitant) party to snuggle or embrace."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "body language",
          "body language"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is often suggested that politicians are too inclined to cosy up to big business in order to receive funds for election expenses.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The sales guys might be able to cosy up to the customers, but they are inexperienced in technical support.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Lynn Phillips, Watford Under Wood, page 123",
          "text": "Looks like I'd better cosy up to her and see if I can pump some facts out of her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 30, Chris Heath, quoting J. K. Rowling, “How Daniel Radcliffe Outran Harry Potter”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN",
          "text": "[…]further suggesting that Radcliffe and Watson would be safe in the knowledge that Rowling would forgive them, she leaped in: “Not safe, I’m afraid,” she wrote, and characterized them as “celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women’s hard-won rights.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "obtaining",
          "obtaining"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) To form a relationship with some one or some thing for the purpose of obtaining some benefit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To come physically close to",
      "word": "smyga sig intill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To come physically close to",
      "word": "krypa intill"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cosy up to"
}