friend of a friend

Example Sentences

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She agreed to meet a woman who described herself as a friend of a friend.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

It wasn’t long before they “bumped heads” with Pharrell, who was a friend of a friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

I’d charged my customer $100, which was low considering all the work that went into them, but she is a friend of a friend and a teacher.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

And I’ve already talked to a friend of a friend.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2024

In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee