pal up

Thân thiện

Two children pal up while building a sandcastle at the beach.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To become friends; to form a friendship: This describes the process of developing a friendly relationship with someone.
   • To act in a friendly manner towards someone: This describes behaving in a way that is characteristic of friends.

Usage

• pal up is a phrasal verb. It is typically used in informal contexts.
• It often implies a spontaneous or easy development of friendship.
• It can be used with a preposition like with to specify the other person: pal up with someone.

Examples

• Verb:
  • He quickly palled up with the other new students.
  • They palled up during the summer camp and have been close ever since.
  • Don't try to pal up to the boss just to get a promotion.

Advanced Usage

• The phrasal verb can sometimes carry a slight nuance of trying to become friends for a particular purpose or advantage.
  • He's just palling up with the investors to secure funding for his project.

Variants and Related Words

• Pal (n): A friend (informal).
  • He's an old pal of mine.
• Pal around (phrasal verb): To spend time with someone as a friend; to hang out.
  • They palled around together all weekend.

Synonyms

• Befriend: To act as a friend to someone.
• Buddy up (informal): To become friends or partners.
• Chum up (informal, chiefly British): To become friendly.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Pal around: To spend time in a friendly, casual way with someone.
  • The two cousins palled around the city during their vacation.
• Buddy up: To pair up as friends or partners, often for a specific activity.
  • We had to buddy up for the safety drill.

Related Idioms

• Hit it off: To quickly become friendly with someone.
  • They hit it off immediately at the party. (This is similar in meaning to "pal up" but emphasizes the instant connection.)

Học thuật

Verb

1. become friends; act friendly towards

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pal
• chum up