forge a friendship
Frequency: 6.810.2 per million words
to create a strong friendship, often in difficult circumstances
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- During the harsh winter, the two neighbors managed to forge a friendship over shared meals.
- At boot camp, recruits quickly forged a friendship that carried them through the hardest drills.
- Working late nights together helped us forge a friendship beyond mere colleagues.
- After the charity match, a lasting friendship was forged between the rival teams.
- It can take years to forge a deep friendship built on trust.
- We’re still forging a friendship as we navigate this new partnership.
- She hopes to forge a friendship with her host family despite the language barrier.
- Had they not traveled together, they might never have forged a friendship.
- In crisis, communities often forge a friendship that outlasts the emergency.
- Let’s forge a friendship rather than a rivalry.