I did not cotton to his rude attitude at all.
cotton to
idiomTo like; approve of, accept, or tolerate.
Origin
disputed originAccording to Michael Quinion of World Wide Words, "It has plausibly been suggested it came from the use of mixtures of cotton and other fibres in clothing. In the early 1800s, to cotton to somebody implied that you were drawn or attached to that person. It may be that the idea here is how well a thread of cotton sticks to the surface of cloth."
The team did not immediately cotton to the new manager, but they grew to respect her over time.
Although the critics were initially skeptical, they eventually began to cotton to the director's unconventional and experimental style of filmmaking.