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To scrape acquaintance

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to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction.

- Farquhar.

See also: Scrape

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for this was not the first time my next-door neighbor had tried to scrape acquaintance with me.

Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context

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To save appearances
To save one's bacon
To savor of the pan
To say amen to
To scale a debt, wages, etc.
To scare away
To scare up
To scrape acquaintance
To scratch a ticket
To screw in
To screw out
To screw up
To sear up
To search out
To see (anything) out

To save one's bacon
To savor of the pan
To say amen to
to say nothing of
to say nothing of
To Say Nothing of the Dog
To Say the Least
To Say the Least
To Say the Least
To Say the Least
To Say the Least
to say the least of it
to say the least of it
to say the least of it
to say the least of it
To scale a debt, wages, etc.

To scare away
To scare up
to schedule
to schedule
to schedule
to schedule
to schedule
To Science
To scrape acquaintance
To scratch a ticket
To screw in
To screw out
To screw up
To sear up
To search out
TO Seastar
To see (anything) out

To see (one) through
To see a dog about a man
To see a man
To see a man about a dog
To see a man about a horse
To see about a thing
To See Every Bird on Earth
To see how the squares go
To see into a millstone
To See Naru-chan Smile! Usagi's Friendship
To see on
To See or Not to See
To See or Not to See (TSR episode)
To see service
To see stars
To see the back of

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