pal around

Idioms  

1. Associate as friends or chums, as in Bill and Jim have been palling around for years. This expression makes a verb of the noun pal, which comes from the Gypsy word for “brother.” [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

For mild comic relief, they also pal around with a robot named H.E.R.B.I.E., voiced by Matthew Wood.

From Los Angeles Times

During the late 1980s, when I was still living in New York, I used to pal around with a group of writers known as the Unbearables.

From Los Angeles Times

Which is also not a compelling reason to pal around with an ex whose exploits crossed him out of the recap section of the LA Times to the investigative unit.

From Salon

Conveniently, Ernest’s personality has been wiped by a case of necrotic amnesia that allows this Greatest Generation ghost to pal around with today’s teenagers.

From New York Times

All the while they get distracted by zany side-quests, pal around with odd sidekicks and preen narcissistically.

From New York Times

Related Words

• entertain
• get around
• mingle