old acquaintance

Frequency: 6.89.0 per million words

Someone you have known for a long time.

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Examples (10)

  • 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.