English-Finnish translations for chum up

Definition of chum up

  • To be friendly toward someone, especially in an ingratiating way; to form a friendship (''with''
  • To initiate through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him.John Camden Hotten, ''A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words'', London, 1859, p. 21.[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011564672]

Examples

  • I chummed up with a few of my new work colleagues.

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