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making someone's acquaintance

making someone's acquaintance is the present participle and gerund of make someone's acquaintance.

Meaning of make someone's acquaintance

Verb

make someone's acquaintance (third-person singular simple present makes someone's acquaintance, present participle making someone's acquaintance, simple past and past participle made someone's acquaintance)

  1. (formal) To meet someone; to be introduced.

Questions about making someone's acquaintance

What is making someone's acquaintance the present participle and gerund of?
Making someone's acquaintance is the present participle and gerund of make someone's acquaintance.

Words near making someone's acquaintance in the dictionary

  1. making shit of
  2. making shit shake
  3. making short work of
  4. making some noise
  5. making someone hard to catch
  6. making someone's acquaintance
  7. making someone's blood boil
  8. making someone's day
  9. making someone's ears sad
  10. making someone's flesh crawl
  11. making someone's flesh creep

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