palled; palling
: to be or become pals : associate as pals
they've palled around for years
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Examples of pal in a Sentence
Noun
We've been pals since we were kids.
Come on—be a pal and lend me the money.
Verb
they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team
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Aaron Davis, Sacramento Bee, 26 May 2024
From 2014 to 2019, the comedian co-produced and starred in Broad City, a coming-of-age sitcom that captured the wacky and often-humiliating experiences of two twentysomething best friends (Glazer and real-life pal Abbi Jacobson) living in New York.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
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Noun
Our pals at the cozy Drytown Social Club, cranked things up on the second iteration of their Drytown Americana Festival, expanding from one day to two and snaring venue favorite old-time folk slinger and former Old Crow Medicine Show pillar Willie Watson as the headliner.
—Aaron Davis, Sacramento Bee, 26 May 2024
From 2014 to 2019, the comedian co-produced and starred in Broad City, a coming-of-age sitcom that captured the wacky and often-humiliating experiences of two twentysomething best friends (Glazer and real-life pal Abbi Jacobson) living in New York.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
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“Pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pal. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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pal
1 of 2 noun
: a close friend
pal
2 of 2 verb
palled; palling
: to be or become pals
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