scrape acquaintance

verb

To seek acquaintance (with somebody) without a formal introduction.

Meanings

verbscrape acquaintance (third-person singular simple present scrapes acquaintance, present participle scraping acquaintance, simple past and past participle scraped acquaintance)

present singular third person scrapes acquaintance · participle present scraping acquaintance · participle past scraped acquaintance · past scraped acquaintance

  1. To seek acquaintance (with somebody) without a formal introduction.
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