make acquaintance with

verb

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

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 527: tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart to; make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken; transmit.    let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish etc. 531; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of.    let one know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice; set before, lay before, put before; point out, put into one's head; put one in possession of; instruct etc. (teach) 537; direct the attention to etc. 457.    announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword^†, send word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account etc. (describe) 594; state etc. (affirm) 535.    [disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the beans, unburden oneself of, let off one's chest; disclose etc. 529.    show cause; explain etc. (interpret) 522.    hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint; insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink etc. (indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.    give a bit of one's mind; tell one plainly, tell once for all; speak volumes.    undeceive^†, unbeguile^†; set right, correct, open the eyes of, disabuse, disillusion one of.    be informed of &c.; know etc. 490; learn etc. 539; get scent of, get wind of, gather from; awaken to, open one's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand.    come to one's ears, come to one's knowledge; reach one's ears.    ... show more

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