make friends with someone Definition

friend
noun

1. Someone whom one knows and likes, and to whom one shows loyalty and affection; a close or intimate acquaintance.

Thesaurus: pal, companion, buddy, crony, confidant, ally, partner; Antonym: foe, enemy.
2. Someone who gives support or help.

Example: a friend of the poor
3. An ally as distinct from an enemy or foe.
4. Someone or something already encountered or mentioned.

Example: our old friend the woodworm
5. A Quaker; a member of the Religious Society of Friends.

Form: Friend
6. A member of an organization which gives voluntary financial or other support to an institution, etc.

Example: Friends of the National Gallery
7. euphemistic
A lover.

Derivative: friendless
adj

Without friends
Thesaurus: shunned, forsaken, alone, alienated, deserted, ostracized, solitary, lonesome, isolated.

Idiom: be (make friends with someone)

To be or become their friend.

Idiom: have a friend at court

To have a friend in a position where their influence is likely to prove useful.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon freond.