rate with someone

rate with someone
rate with someone
to be in someone's favor; to be thought of highly by someone. •

Ann is great. She really rates with me.

She doesn't rate with me at all.

* * *
{v. phr.} To be esteemed highly by another. * /The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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