be on nodding terms (with someone)
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To know someone only as an acquaintance. The two of us are just on nodding terms—I couldn't even tell you his name. I'm only on nodding terms with her sister, so I can't ask her for a favor like that.
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be on nodding terms
know someone slightly.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
be on ˈnodding terms with somebody
know somebody not very well, but well enough to say ‘hello’ when you meet them: We’re on nodding terms with our neighbours but we don’t know anyone else at all.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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