intimate with
idiom
: to have sexual relations with (someone)
He denies that he was ever intimate with her.
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Don’t marry the dancer but [get intimate with them].
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Kistler speculated that village dogs, which have more opportunities to get intimate with wolves, could be how wolf DNA was getting into the dog gene pool.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Only a poem intimate with them would refer to trees this way.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
Kistler speculated that village dogs, which have more opportunities to get intimate with wolves, could be how wolf DNA was getting into the dog gene pool.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Only a poem intimate with them would refer to trees this way.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intimate with
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“Intimate with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intimate%20with. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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