pal around with
phrasal verb
palled around with; palling around with; pals around with
informal, chiefly US
: to spend time with (someone) as a friend
She's been palling around with a girl she met at school.
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Trump, of course, defied trends, but Obama traveled the globe and palled around with his celebrity friends.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Lexi is a kindly 350-year-old vampire who makes fast friends with Elena, counseling her about the ins and outs of dating Paul Wesley's Stefan Salvatore, another 100-plus-year-old vampire whom Lexi had been palling around with for decades.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The other major new character is Dina (Isabela Merced), a young woman who pals around with both Joel and Ellie.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The following day was the charity golf scramble at the Omni Barton Creek Resort Fazio course, where Mack, Jack and McConaughey would show up on certain holes to pal around with the players.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Masters may be played from sunup to sundown, but the excitement generated by players wending their way around Amen Corner and jockeying for position atop the leaderboard at Augusta National or palling around with family during the Par 3 Contest doesn’t end when the final putt drops.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By Civil War in 2016, live-action fans had waited for so long to see Spider-Man pal around with his peers.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
The greatest reversal was for Snoop Dogg, who once made fun of rappers who palled around with the president but now seemed happy to DJ for tuxedoed bros celebrating the first crypto president.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2025
And why are people still giving time to a guy who trumpets misogyny and anti-semitism, denies the Holocaust, pals around with white nationalist dweebs, including Donald Trump, and recently made Alex Jones look like a paragon of reason and restraint?
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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Philip Elliott, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Lexi is a kindly 350-year-old vampire who makes fast friends with Elena, counseling her about the ins and outs of dating Paul Wesley's Stefan Salvatore, another 100-plus-year-old vampire whom Lexi had been palling around with for decades.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The other major new character is Dina (Isabela Merced), a young woman who pals around with both Joel and Ellie.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The following day was the charity golf scramble at the Omni Barton Creek Resort Fazio course, where Mack, Jack and McConaughey would show up on certain holes to pal around with the players.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Masters may be played from sunup to sundown, but the excitement generated by players wending their way around Amen Corner and jockeying for position atop the leaderboard at Augusta National or palling around with family during the Par 3 Contest doesn’t end when the final putt drops.
—Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By Civil War in 2016, live-action fans had waited for so long to see Spider-Man pal around with his peers.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
The greatest reversal was for Snoop Dogg, who once made fun of rappers who palled around with the president but now seemed happy to DJ for tuxedoed bros celebrating the first crypto president.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2025
And why are people still giving time to a guy who trumpets misogyny and anti-semitism, denies the Holocaust, pals around with white nationalist dweebs, including Donald Trump, and recently made Alex Jones look like a paragon of reason and restraint?
—Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
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