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Definition of frenemy
frenemies
: one who pretends to be a friend but is actually an enemy
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Recent Examples of frenemy from the Web
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Sagas (@2AvSagas) July 19, 2017 Even Mayor Bill de Blasio couldn’t resist poking at his favorite upstate frenemy.
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Michelle Gomez was cast as a female incarnation of the Doctor's oldest frenemy The Master in 2013.
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Michelle Gomez was cast as a female incarnation of the Doctor's oldest frenemy The Master in 2013.
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At any rate, Benioff, who also relishes tweaking frenemy Oracle and its chief executive Larry Ellison, has now proclaimed Amazon as Salesforce's key strategic partner.
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They're bound by the formula that the enemy of anything Trump is their frenemy.
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The trailer kicks off with Sansa Stark sauntering through the snow, looking regal as ever, while her old frenemy Littlefinger seems to whisper in her ear via voiceover some sound, albeit difficult-to-execute, advice.
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The trailer kicks off with Sansa sauntering through the snow, looking regal as ever, while her old frenemy Littlefinger seems to whisper in her ear via voiceover some sound, albeit difficult-to-execute, advice.
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Doug is clashing with LeAnn, a somewhat gentler but still highly capable frenemy who’s whipping congressional votes with him.
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Origin and Etymology of frenemy
blend of friend and enemy
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