pal (around)

verb

Definition of pal (around)next
as in to travel
to come or be together as friends they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pal (around)
  1. travel
  2. associate
  3. bond
  4. run
  5. mix
  6. connect
  7. hook up
  8. mingle
Verb
  • The fact a majority of them belong to people who traveled from another country and the conditions of the desert itself both complicate efforts to identify remains, therefore hindering missing persons cases, experts say.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Her campaign’s door-knockers travel with a letter from Bohannan introducing herself.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of travel
Verb
  • Researchers and local media reported earlier this year on unsafe and unregulated mining associated with a rapidly expanding gold rush around Zamboye, where the mine collapsed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Drinking tea has been consistently associated with a longer lifespan.
    — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of associate
Verb
  • The mop-haired actor plays Joey, a spunky boy onboard who bonds with Maddie over having absent parents in the military.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Global sell-off For government bonds, the yield is the interest rate the government pays to bond investors – or the government’s cost of borrowing money.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of bond
Verb
  • The backstory Iva and Renato are the third generation of Iva’s family to run the business, started by Iva’s great-uncle Zorko and his wife Rita (merging their names to create Zori) back in 1947.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Nakase rolled with the bench unit for much of the fourth quarter, asking Kaitlyn Chen to run point and Hayes to create off the dribble.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of run
Verb
  • The footage mixes high-speed chases and explosive action with comedic beats, framing a story built around chaos, mismatched heroism and rising stakes as the mission unfolds.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The result is a lightweight, hydrating formula that can be mixed on the move, minus the mess.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of mix
Verb
  • But alongside it, and in dialogue with it, is a shadow that’s closely connected to another set of ideas, which says, actually people are not equal.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists have developed a technique called eGRASP, which makes a connection glow green only where a neuron tagged during learning is connected to another neuron tagged during the same learning event.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of connect
Verb
  • Gilman had been moved from a prison to a civilian hospital, where he was hooked up to a feeding tube and handcuffed to a bed.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Tony contains details directly pulled from Kitchen Confidential, including a memorable moment in which one of the cooks (Leo Woodall) hooks up with a bride who visits the restaurant immediately following her own wedding.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hook up
Verb
  • Getting dressed up, mixing and mingling with good friends, eating great food, and toasting with special cocktails are all part of the experience.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The ‘next step’ On a sunny September day last year in the Chinese port city of Ningbo, not far from Shanghai, higher-ups from shipping company Sea Legend mingled with local transport officials at a port terminal.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of mingle
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“Pal (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pal%20%28around%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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