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"buddy up" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to mean to pair up with someone/something, or form a partnership with someone/something. Example sentence: Before the big race, the two kids decided to buddy up and cross the finish line together.
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buddy up
verb
To form small teams, especially pairs, often to reduce the likelihood of an individual suffering harm without being noticed or to suit the nature of a task to be accomplished.
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I am not suggesting that you buddy up with your husband's former lover.
During those years, Zeile became one of the few players to really buddy up with Piazza.
The leaders and logistics men seemed to "buddy up" with their junior partners.
But that was done to "buddy up" to him, to try to use him like an asset.
It's meaningless – it's just a faceless corporation trying to buddy up to us to take more of our money.
Poor Levi Casboult will still have to buddy up with Liam Jones, which is far from ideal.
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What if I buddied up with a frontline clinician?
All students are also buddied up with an older student who understands their experience.
She didn't want to be seen buddying up to her parents.
So much for all that buddying up with Al Gore and pioneering advocacy of Kyoto.
Try buddying up with someone targeting a different industry and help each other critique applications.
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