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buddy up

VERB
associate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accompany join mix
STRONG
amalgamate confederate consort fraternize hobnob mingle pool
WEAK
be friends be in cahoots bunch up come together gang up get in on get in with get into get together go along with go partners hang around hang out hang out with join up with line up with pal up play footsie with run around with run with string along with swing with take up with team up throw in together tie in tie up truck with work with
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divide leave separate withdraw
STRONG
disagree
WEAK
avoid disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate disunite divorce part sever
VERB
befriend
Synonyms
STRONGEST
take up with
STRONG
encourage friend welcome
WEAK
get chummy with get in with hit it off side with stand by take under one's wing
Antonyms
STRONG
block discourage dissuade harm hinder hurt injure obstruct stop thwart unfriend
WEAK
ignore neglect
VERB
fawn
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crouch grovel
STRONG
abase blandish bow cajole cotton court cower crawl creep cringe debase defer flatter invite jolly kneel kowtow massage oil pander scrape slaver snow stoop stroke submit toady truckle woo yield
WEAK
apple-polish be at beck and call be obsequious be servile brown-nose butter up cater to cave in to curry favor fall all over fall on one's knees honey up lay it on lick boots make up to pay court play up to
Antonyms
STRONG
fight ignore reject

Example Sentences

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There are a number of caramelized onion jams out there that buddy up nicely to everything on a graze board: Try the ones from Divina, Williams-Sonoma and Jammy Yummy.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Nell comes back into the picture and just assumes that I'm going to ditch this friend and buddy up with her.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2023

Now, a source is telling People magazine that Kardashian was none too pleased with Disick covertly attempting to buddy up with Bendjima at her expense – and she plans to confront him on it.

From Fox News • Sep. 1, 2021

Over the weekend, my buddy up in Los Angeles—another wildland firefighter—texted me a picture that was bouncing around on Instagram.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2018

He wasn’t easy to buddy up to, but sometimes Joe sat with him in the cafeteria.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown