pal around

For mild comic relief, they also pal around with a robot named H.E.R.B.I.E., voiced by Matthew Wood.

That that this even had to be put up for a vote is a sign that the "don't pal around with Nazis" rule is viewed by many in the Texas Republican Party as too onerous a restriction.

If everyone in your personal ambit is always wearing 15 hats, they probably crash into walls a lot, and if your defense is that you can’t help who you pal around with, attempt to exculpate yourself with, or accept lavish trips from, the correct approach is to meticulously avoid the appearance that you are also deciding cases for them.

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.

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.