pals (around)

verb

present tense third-person singular of pal (around)
as in travels
to come or be together as friends they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pals (around)
  1. travels
  2. associates
  3. hooks up
  4. bonds
  5. runs
  6. joins
  7. connects
  8. collaborates
Verb
  • This isn't too much to ask for given its position given its Little Cottonwood Canyon position, which can enhance snowfall when Pacific moisture travels inland and reaches the Wasatch Mountains.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Like Mary Ventura, Esther travels down a tunnel before greeting her mother at its end.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • The Shiji associates Sun Tzu with Wu’s campaigns against its powerful rival Chu, including the campaign that culminated in the capture of the Chu capital, Ying, in 506 bce.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • What being Southern meant to his father—and the values Duane associates with being a Southern gentleman.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of associates
Verb
  • Cade Depriest hooks up with a Gunn again for 34 yards and Winter Park is on the move back inside the red zone.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Tony contains details directly pulled from Kitchen Confidential, including a memorable moment in which one of the cooks (Leo Woodall) hooks up with a bride who visits the restaurant immediately following her own wedding.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of hooks up
Verb
  • Mia, the kindly next-door neighbor, and her daughter, Noora (Henrikke Lund-Olsen), who bonds with Elia at school.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Frozen soil that has held buildings, roads and pipelines for decades can start to sink as temperatures rise and the ice that bonds soil particles weakens.
    — Ming Xiao, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of bonds
Verb
  • If your supplement stack already runs the length of your bathroom counter, adding another capsule for hair growth deserves scrutiny.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Stretching across the base of the windshield, the panoramic iDrive display projects information onto a black band that runs from one A-pillar to the other.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of runs
Verb
  • Majority whip Tom Emmer joins us as Republicans fight to keep control of the House.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The novela also joins two of Brazil’s most popular actors as a majorly successful romantic pairing, with Colin’s Adriana falling in love with Chay Suede’s idealist lawyer Pedro.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of joins
Verb
  • In Busan, Kim wants to meet international co-producers and financiers as well as programmers from festivals abroad, and to test whether the film’s theme connects with audiences beyond Korea.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Spanning 40 miles as the crow flies, the Suwalki Gap is a corridor of land, running along the Polish/Lithuanian border, that connects the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to Belarus.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of connects
Verb
  • She was shortlisted for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize in 2019 and collaborates regularly with JW Anderson on bespoke ceramic commissions and works.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The company operates as a specialist, non-bank senior lender with a team that collaborates across structured credit, investment banking and film and television finance.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborates
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“Pals (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pals%20%28around%29. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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