the company (one) keeps
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The people with whom one associates or spends time. It's hard as a parent to monitor the company your child keeps without being too controlling of their lives. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the company they keep.
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the ˈcompany somebody keeps
the people with whom somebody spends time: People disapprove of the company he keeps.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017