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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

on nodding terms en · ADP

Meanings

  1. Having a relationship which is not close or fully developed (with someone).
    • [P]erhaps there was a squirrel or two whom he could befriend, or at least one day be on nodding terms with. 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Ten-Tonne Truck”, in Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 149:
    • to be on nodding terms with one's neighbours

Relateds

on talking terms · nodding acquaintance · on speaking terms