fraternize
Collocations
3VERB + FRATERNIZE
don't, fools
FRATERNIZE + NOUN
employees
PREP.
up, with
Definitions
verb
To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
Now in this world it is never wise to meddle with such things. It's better to leave them as they are. No one ever had any good come to him from fraternizing with too great familiarity with the unknown; and it's a very good thing that the children from The Other Side are as shy as they are, as Alice found out through Evelyn Dearie.
To socialize in confidentiality.
To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, esp
- fraternise
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Now in this world it is never wise to meddle with such things. It's better to leave them as they are. No one ever had any good come to him from fraternizing with too great familiarity with the unknown
WiktionaryWhere a genius shows up, the fools fraternize.
Tatoeba · #5222039Don't fraternize with the help.
Tatoeba · #11909837Don't fraternize with your employees.
Tatoeba · #11909838