make friends
idiom
: to become someone's friend
Sometimes it is hard for children to make new friends.
—often + withShe's very good at making friends with people from all walks of life.
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Some of them come alone and make friends in line, while some of them are in friend groups.
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
For someone who may struggle to socialize and make friends, these new platforms can build one’s confidence to meet new people.
—Brooke Lieberman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
Learn to sail and make friends at the village dock just down the road or at the Checkmate Inn bar.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
One episode sees Hussein trying to make friends with Dan, his new neighbor, except the stakes are much higher than your typical domestic drama since Dan might also be living across the street to spy on Hussein and his family.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
For someone who may struggle to socialize and make friends, these new platforms can build one’s confidence to meet new people.
—Brooke Lieberman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2025
Learn to sail and make friends at the village dock just down the road or at the Checkmate Inn bar.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
One episode sees Hussein trying to make friends with Dan, his new neighbor, except the stakes are much higher than your typical domestic drama since Dan might also be living across the street to spy on Hussein and his family.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make friends
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“Make friends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20friends. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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