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Similar words: cotton on · cotton up to · cotton wool · come on to · cotton bud · cotton gin · cottonwood · cotton · cotton ball · cotton mill
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cotton to

(v + prep) (US), informal TRANSITIVEshe didn't cotton to that type of work níor thaitin an cineál sin oibre léi → see cotton

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  • cotton on »
    by the time he cottoned on to this faoin am ar thuig sé é seo
  • cotton up to »
    he was cottoning up to the boss bhí sé ag plásántacht leis an mbas
  • cotton wool »
    to wrap sb in cotton wool aire na huibhe a thabhairt do dhuine
  • disintegrate »
    the cotton begins to disintegrate tosaíonn an cadás ag titim as a chéile
  • have »
    viscose has a cotton feel to it mothaíonn vioscós mar a bheadh cadás ann
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