pal up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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And we are supposed to pal up with such people?
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2023
Cast your mind back to all the other times he’s tried to pal up to the mainstream, and how terribly it went then.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2019
"It was a wise choice that Helen and I didn't pal up and have dinner and get to know each other, so that awkwardness, unfamiliarity, nervousness, is all real."
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2012
"He benefits from playing at home," said Fognini, who hugged his good pal up at the net after losing and asked for one of Roddick's shirts as a memento.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2012
I looked my chunky pal up and down and laughed. "—think I can't make it, eh?... well, you watch ... there's an art in this kind of thing just like there is in anything."
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp
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