chum up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)To befriendlytoward (withorto) someone, especially in aningratiatingway; to form afriendship(with).Ichummed upwith a few of my new work colleagues.1876March 16, “Mr. Greville Hodson the Poultry Judge at Home”, inJournal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener, volume30, page221:Having met Mr. Hodson many years at various shows, and “chummed up,” as naturally we should have, he invited me to go and see him at his home in Somersetshire.1919,Frank L. Packard,From Now On‎[2], Toronto: Copp Clark,Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 163:He said he met a stranger in a saloon last night, and that theychummed uptogether, and started in to make a night of it.1922,Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXVI, inBabbitt, New York, N.Y.:Harcourt, Brace and Company,→OCLC,page309:“[…]which would you rather do: be in with a lot of greasy mechanics and laboring-men, orchum upto a real fellow like Lord Wycombe, and get invited to his house for parties?”2004,Andrea Levy, chapter 42, inSmall Island‎[3], London: Review, page396:‘Were you in yourbashajust before you went on guard duty?’‘Yes, sir.’‘With other chaps. Men you’dchummed upwith?’‘Yes, sir.’; (obsolete,UK,prisonslang,transitive)Toinitiate(a newprisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, toextortmoney from him.[1]1844January 13,The Spectator, volume17, number811, page28:They have a practice of “chumming up” a new fellow-prisoner—beating him with old swords and staves kept in the prison for the purpose, to exact a fee of a half-crown.1849,John Brand,Popular Antiquities of Great Britain, revised byHenry Ellis, London: Henry G. Bohn, Volume 2, p. 452,[4]Mr. Miller. They are not verynicewhom theychum up?Boot.Not very; they would as soonchumyouupas anybody else.

Examples:

EN: -Do you have to come out and chum up to every guy who comes in here?
ES: ¿Tienes que salir y hacerte amiga de cada tipo que viene aquí?
EN: I've been laying chum up and down this plane.
ES: He estado confraternizando por todo el avión.
ID: Aku tengah merayu di sana sini.
EN: - Well, then you also know it's probably not the best time for me to chum up to him.
ES: - Entonces también sabes que quizá no es el mejor momento para hacerme amigo de él.
EN: I'm not asking you to chum up to him.
ES: No te estoy pidiendo que seas su amigo.
EN: Why don't you and I chum up?
ES: ¿Por qué usted y yo no nos hacemos amigas?
EN: Just thrown to this outpost to chum up these waters.
ES: Sólo se le arroja a este puesto de avanzada para amasar estas aguas.
ID: Lempar saja ke pos terdepan ini untuk bersahabat dengan perairan ini.
EN: Somebody to chum up with that isn't his parents.
HI: वहीं हत्या करने वाला कोई और नहीं उनका रिश्तेदार ही है।
EN: -How are we gonna chum up the waters?
ID: - Ya. Bagaimana kita akan bermain air?
EN: Why bother to chum up to the guy's mother? What does that get him?
ID: Mengapa dia repot-repot mengobrol dengan ibunya?
EN: When you're a broke musician, you're begging folks to listen... when you're a multi-millionaire, you have to chum up with RIAA and start suing.
TE: మీరు విరిగిన సంగీతకారుడు అయినప్పుడు, మీరు వినడానికి వారిని వేడుకుంటున్నారు. . . మీరు మల్టీ-మిలియనీర్ అయినప్పుడు, మీరు RIAA తో కలిసి ఉండి దావా వేయాలి.

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