pal around

Idioms and Phrases

Associate as friends or chums, as in Bill and Jim have been palling around for years . This expression makes a verb of the noun pal , which comes from the Gypsy word for “brother.” [c. 1900]

Example Sentences

Zealous populist patriots might pal around on principle, but banding together effectively is another matter.

From The Daily Beast

They seem to enjoy working and they pal around with each other.

From The Daily Beast

I had Dan to pal around with, a rare high-net-Whuffie individual who was willing to fraternize with a shmuck like me.

From Project Gutenberg

He began to jolly me along; made up parties and wanted me to pal around with him.

From Project Gutenberg

You've got to find us something under sixty to pal around with, Hubby mine, that's all there is to it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• entertain
• get around
• mingle