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pal around

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  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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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 • Jul. 23, 2025

They pal around with the people they cover.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2021

Robert Kennedy is concerned that his brother, President John F. Kennedy, likes to pal around with Frank Sinatra, who in turn likes to pal around with mobsters.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2021

When Zohre’s own daughters were small, they would pal around with her in the family’s two-bedroom apartment, laughing and hugging.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2020

“But apparently since graduation, you just pal around with monsters now, because seeing dead people wasn’t messing you up enough as it was.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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