Cotton to

"Cotton to" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Her heart's as hard as taxes, and as bad; / She does not even cotton to her dad.

“The fellow is an absolute outsider, anyone can see that. He’s got a great black beard, and wears patent leather boots in all weathers! But the mater cottoned to him at once, took him on as secretary—you know how she’s always running a hundred societies?”

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