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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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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 Jul. 13, 2023

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 May 26, 2023

Jim explained that these birds were juveniles, too young to start their own families but too old to pal around with their parents.

From Washington Post Jul. 1, 2022

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

“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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