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be friends with

VERB

know

Synonyms

STRONGEST

experience feel identify see

STRONG

associate fraternize savor sustain taste undergo

WEAK

be acquainted with get acquainted have dealings with

Antonyms

STRONG

abstain

WEAK

be ignorant forget misinterpret misunderstand

Example Sentences

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“Some people you just know you’ll be friends with before you even meet,” Murphy wrote in her tribute.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

“I wanted to be friends with Tilly,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

We don’t have to be friends with everyone.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

He used to be friends with Epstein and the paper noted that being named in the files was not evidence of wrongdoing.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

“He is a good boy. Very nice. You should be friends with him.”

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram