chum up

Meanings:

1.
UKUSinternationalinformalcolloquial
- To become friendly or to make friends with someone; to establish a casual or amicable relationship.
2.
USUKinformalpejorative
- To ingratiate oneself with someone, often for personal advantage; to curry favor by flattering or befriending them.
3.
internationalneutralnauticalfishing jargon
- To scatter chum (bait, fish parts, or other attractants) into the water in order to attract fish or sharks to a particular area.

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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