acquainted with someone

acquainted with someone
*acquainted with someone
[of a person] known to someone; [of a person] having been introduced to someone. (*Typically: be \acquainted with someone; become \acquainted with someone; get \acquainted with someone.) •

We are only acquainted with each other. We are certainly not what you would call close friends.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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