acquaintance with something
1have a nodding acquaintance with something — have a nodding acˈquaintance with sb/sth idiom to only know sb/sth slightly Main entry: ↑nodidiom …
2acquaintance — [ə kwānt′ ns] n. 1. knowledge (of something) gotten from personal experience or study of it [an intimate acquaintance with the plays of Jonson] 2. the state or relation of being acquainted (with someone) 3. a person or persons whom one knows, but …
3have a passing acquaintance with — be only slightly familiar with (someone or something); have only basic knowledge of (a subject) …
4acquaintance — ac|quaint|ance [əˈkweıntəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody you know)¦ 2¦(relationship)¦ 3 make somebody s acquaintance 4¦(knowledge)¦ 5 of your acquaintance 6 on first acquaintance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SOMEBODY YOU KNOW)¦ someone you know, but who is not a… …
5acquaintance — noun 1 (C) someone you know, but who is not a close friend 2 make sb s acquaintance formal to meet someone for the first time: I m pleased to make your acquaintance. 3 of your acquaintance formal a person of your acquaintance is someone that you… …
6nodding acquaintance — noun 1. : a very slight or superficial knowledge or understanding of something had no more than a nodding acquaintance with economic theory 2. : a person with whom one is on terms of casual and distant civility * * * 1. a slight, incomplete, or… …
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9acquaintance — ► NOUN 1) familiarity with or knowledge of someone or something. 2) a person one knows slightly …
10With one's favor — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …
