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

To yourself: “Thank you, my strange friends, whom I love despite your utter ineptitude at gift-giving.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2023

Occult symbols left at some of the crime scenes delight Bryant, who is enchanted by all things weird and has all manner of strange friends and associates he consults on such matters.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

He’s got a couple of strange friends there.’

From The New Yorker • Dec. 8, 2015

She does not wish to make strange friends.

From Kimono by Paris, John

Now, if Nelly had not been angry with her good mamma just then, and ready for any disobedience, she would never have been so naughty, or have gone to play with such strange friends.

From Lulu's Library, Volume II by Alcott, Louisa May