hobnob with

hobnob with someone or something

to associate with someone or a group, especially with those more wealthy, famous, etc. I'm not used to hobnobbing with such luminaries. Walter is spending a lot of time hobnobbing with the very rich.

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Giuliana Rancic is always one to watch on the red carpet because she is the one that gets to hobnob with all the stars and ask 'who are you wearing?

Oscars 2015: Giuliana Rancic Rocks Two Gowns & Red Hair

Earlier this year the songstress headed to Hollywood to hobnob with some of the world's biggest stars and all that networking has clearly paid off .

Haifa tops Hollywood hot list

In the meantime, Durst is planning a trip to China next week to attend an economic conference sponsored by Vantone, where he expects to hobnob with more potential tenants.

Conde Nast close to signing 1 WTC deal

Industry analysts say that he would try spending more time in Hollywood to liaison for more work or hobnob with Hollywood actors.

Anil to focus on mission Hollywood

NEIGHBOURS' Ian Smith says he does not hobnob with his fellow stars outside work.

Switchedon; what areyour favourite TV stars upto?

So let's get this straight - these people have spent the last few months living in a multi-million pound house in central London, with all expenses paid, getting to hobnob with the stars, and now they're imploring ordinary people to spend their hard-earned money saving them from the fate worse than death that is their actual life.

Last Night's TV; The X Factor (ITV1, Saturday)

But when she eventually got in and tried to hobnob with the celebs they didn't know who she was.

3AM: PEACH SHH-NAPS

Watching Gordon Brown hobnob with his EU colleagues brought to mind the words of another Scot, the pioneer economist Adam Smith:

Letter: Lisbon summit is part of a long conspiracy; Voice of the North

2 Queer Lounge at Sundance 1/21-1/29, 2006 Who'd have guessed that the best place to hobnob with Hollywood's hottest queer filmmakers would be in a tiny former silver mining town in the mountains of Utah?

Global outings

For decades Straub was a successful Hollywood television producer more likely to hobnob with the rich and famous than the poor and downtrodden.

Say goodbye to Hollywood

Lubin's Shooting Kennedy vastly elaborates the Rosenquist technique, allowing JFK--and consort Jacqueline--to hobnob with a promiscuous assortment of fellow images.

President's Day

Hobnob with visiting luminaries at the Hotel Monaco's wine hour (5-6 P.

Celebrate cinema. (Tips & Trips: The Rockies in October)

CORRECTION: Though Jesse Jackson blasted his own country (which did send a delegation), while at the racism conference he was delighted to hobnob with the likes of terrorist Arafat and Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, among the world's most bloodstained tyrants.

CORRECTION, PLEASE!

Well that is the price to pay when you hobnob with a celebrity.

Rejuvenate! It's Never Too Late

How many other suppliers will take the chance to win an expensive hobnob with big customers?