make acquaintance
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Libraries must be protected as places of learning and reading and as spaces "where we bump into each other and make acquaintance and see each other", Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has said.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
Drawing on longstanding social theory, the authors suggest that certain ingredients — sharing a goal, for example — make acquaintance more likely to bring affinity.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2010
He would dismount from his pony and go and make acquaintance with the workman, asking them questions about building and bricklaying, and telling them things about America.
From St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
Now I will leave you in peace, Aunt Milly, to finish dressing; for I mean to make acquaintance with that big green hill before breakfast.'
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
The damnedest crew of rogues and knaves you're ever like to make acquaintance with.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
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