make friends

Idioms  

1. Form a friendship, foster cordial feelings, as in I hope Brian will soon make friends at school, or She's done a good job of making friends with influential reporters. [c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

"It must be such a lovely way to make friends and share stories."

From BBC

“This trainer says that if you could make friends with that monkey he would probably do anything you wanted him to do.”

From Literature

“Grandpa, I don’t think that trainer knows what he’s talking about. Why, you couldn’t make friends with that monkey in a hundred years.”

From Literature

Grandpa made everything sound so simple and I was feeling so good I would have been willing to try to make friends with a grizzly bear.

From Literature

“Another thing, Grandpa,” I said, “what could I say to that monkey to make friends with him? I don’t know how to talk to a monkey.”

From Literature