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Meaning of cocker up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To indulge (someone); to bolster, encourage (a person, feeling etc.).

Examples

“‘I think,’ said the irritated Blanford, ‘that we are all behaving like a gaggle of maiden aunts and the result will simply cocker up the girl's ego – already too swollen, in my humble opinion!’”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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