Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sidle_up

1 sense of sidle up

Sense 1
cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up -- (ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman")
       => ingratiate -- (gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts)