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Chum up

verb, slang

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  1. 1
    To be friendly toward (with or to) someone, especially in an ingratiating way; to form a friendship (with). idiomatic, informal

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

  2. 2
    become friends; act friendly towards wordnet
  3. 3
    To initiate (a new prisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him. UK, obsolete, slang, transitive

    "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."

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