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cobber up

cobber up verb: to make friends (with someone).

Verb

cobber up (third-person singular simple present cobbers up, present participle cobbering up, simple past and past participle cobbered up)

  1. (Australia, intransitive, slang) To make friends (with someone).
    • The fellas I've been cobbering up with were from Brisbane.

Forms of cobber up

third-person singular presentcobbers up
present participlecobbering up
past participlecobbered up
pastcobbered up

Questions about cobber up

What does cobber up mean?
Cobber up means to make friends (with someone).
What part of speech is cobber up?
Cobber up is a verb.
What is the past tense of cobber up?
The past tense of cobber up is cobbered up.

Words near cobber up in the dictionary

  1. Cobbans
  2. Cobbe
  3. cobbed
  4. Cobben
  5. cobber
  6. cobber up
  7. Cobberas
  8. cobbered up
  9. cobbering up
  10. cobbers
  11. cobbers up

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