Be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy.

synonym: fraternise.

Roget 892: be sociable etc. adj.; know; be acquainted etc. adj.; associate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with; eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join; make acquaintance with etc. (friendship) 888; make advances, fraternize, embrace.    be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with; make free with; crack a bottle with; receive hospitality, live at free quarters; find the latchstring out [U.S.].    visit, pay a visit; interchange visits, interchange cards; call at, call upon; leave a card; drop in, look in; look one up, beat up one's quarters.    entertain; give a party etc. n.; be at home, see one's friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors; receive, receive with open arms; welcome; give a warm reception etc. n.. to kill the fatted calf.    ... show more

Roget 906: be benevolent etc. adj.; have one's heart in the right place, bear good will; wish well, wish Godspeed; view with an eye of favor, regard with an eye of favor; take in good part; take an interest in, feel an interest in; be interested in, feel interested in; sympathize with, empathize with, feel for; fraternize etc. (be friendly) 888.    enter into the feelings of others, do as you would be done by, meet halfway.    treat well; give comfort, smooth the bed of death; do good, do a good turn; benefit etc. (goodness) 648; render a service, be of use; aid etc. 707.    ... show more

Roget 709: cooperate, concur; coact^†, synergize.    conduce etc. 178; combine, unite one's efforts; keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together; pool; stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder; act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one's heads together; confederate, be in league with; collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples.    side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack.    be a party to, lend oneself to; chip in; participate; have a hand in, have a finger in the pie; take part in, bear part in; second etc. (aid) 707; take the part of, play the game of; espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel.    ... show more

Roget 714: agree etc. 23; accord, harmonize with; fraternize; be concordant etc. adj.; go hand in hand; run parallel etc. (concur) 178; understand one another, pull together etc. (cooperate) 709; put up one's horses together, sing in chorus.    side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified etc. 723; assent etc. 488; empathize with, enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate.    hurler avec les loups [Fr.]; go with the stream, swim with the stream.    keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.    ... show more

Roget 888: be friendly etc. adj., be friends etc. 890, be acquainted with etc. adj.; know; have the ear of; keep company with etc. (sociality) 892; hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with; have a leaning to; bear good will etc. (benevolent) 906; love etc. 897; make much of; befriend etc. (aid) 707; introduce to.    set one's horses together; have the latchstring out [U.S.]; hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship; become friendly etc. adj.; make friends with etc. 890; break the lee, be introduced to; make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with; get into favor, gain the friendship of.    shake hands with, fraternize, embrace; receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of; meet halfway, take in good part.    ... show more

Dutch: verbroederen