Verb
cotton to (third-person singular simple present cottons to, present participle cottoning to, simple past and past participle cottoned to)
(idiomatic) To like; approve of, accept, or tolerate.
He tried sneaking it past them, but they didn't cotton to his attempts.
Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business. Henry Rollins
I cotton to the idea that people are much closer to being flawed; they have problems and dont always make the right choices. Kevin Spacey
Jonathan Haas noted a mutual dependency, whereby "The prehistoric residents of the Norte Chico needed the fish resources for their protein and the fishermen needed the cotton to make the nets to catch the fish." Source: Internet
His policy was to whip slaves if they did not meet daily work quotas he set for pounds of cotton to be picked and other goals. citation Northup wrote that the sounds of whipping were heard every day on Epps' plantation, from sundown until lights out. Source: Internet
The opening of the Bridgewater Canal in June 1761 allowed cotton to be brought into Manchester, an area rich in fast flowing streams that could be used to power machinery. Source: Internet
But they are on the heavy and bulky side and I don't cotton to lugging them around if I have much hiking to do. Source: Internet