old acquaintance
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Someone you have known for a long time.
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- He greeted all his old acquaintances warmly at the reunion.
- I ran into an old acquaintance from college at the supermarket today.
- It was lovely to catch up with an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in years.
- She's not a close friend, just an old acquaintance from my previous job.
- The party was full of old acquaintances and familiar faces.
- He received a surprising email from an old acquaintance he thought he'd lost touch with.
- An old acquaintance offered me a job opportunity out of the blue.
- We shared stories and laughed about the past, just as old acquaintances should.
- At the conference, I was pleased to see a few old acquaintances among the attendees.
- The famous song 'Auld Lang Syne' asks if old acquaintance should be forgot.